Woman is like the reed which bends to every breeze, but breaks not in the tempest.

- Richard Whately

It is one thing to wish to have truth on our side, and another to wish sincerely to be on the side of truth.

- Richard Whately

Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory.

- Richard Whately

The power of duly appreciating little things belongs to a great mind.

- Richard Whately

Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it.

- Richard Whately

All gaming, since it implies a desire to profit at the expense of another, involves a breach of the tenth commandment.

- Richard Whately

Men are like sheep, of which a flock is more easily driven than a single one.

- Richard Whately

To teach one who has no curiosity to learn, is to sow a field without ploughing it.

- Richard Whately

Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry gets the best of the argument.

- Richard Whately