92. Respect "Surely, it is much easier to respect a man who has always had respect, than to respect a man who we know was last year no better than ourselves, and will be no better next year." Boswell: Life Link 459. Families; Respect; Virtue "Domestic discord ... is not inevitably and fatally necessary; but yet it is not easy to avoid. We seldom see that a whole family is virtuous; the good and evil cannot well agree; and the evil can yet less agree with one another; even the virtuous fall sometimes to variance, when their virtues are of different kinds and tending to extremes. In general those parents have most reverence that most deserve it: for he that lives well cannot be despised." Johnson: Rasselas [the princess Nekayah] Note: If you haven't read it yet, please read this note of caution regarding quotes from Rasselas. Link 1,814. Moral Instruction; Respect; Wealth "In civilized society, personal merit will not serve you so much as money will. Sir, you may make the experiment. Go into the street, and give one man a lecture on morality, and another a shilling, and see which will respect you most." James Boswell: Life of Johnson Link