Richard Cecil

Providence is a greater mystery than revelation. The state of our world is more humiliating to our reason than the read more

Providence is a greater mystery than revelation. The state of our world is more humiliating to our reason than the doctrines of the Gospel. A reflecting Christian sees more to excite his astonishment, and to exercise his faith, in the state of things between Temple Bar [in Dublin] and St. Paul's [in London], than in what he reads from Genesis to Revelation.

Wisdom prepares for the worst, but folly leaves the worst for the day when it comes.

Wisdom prepares for the worst, but folly leaves the worst for the day when it comes.

If I have made an appointment with you, I owe you punctuality, I have no right to throw away your read more

If I have made an appointment with you, I owe you punctuality, I have no right to throw away your time, if I do my own

Method is the very hinge of business, and there is no method without punctuality

Method is the very hinge of business, and there is no method without punctuality

Self-will so ardent and active that it will break a world to pieces to make a stool to sit on.

Self-will so ardent and active that it will break a world to pieces to make a stool to sit on.