Baxter Men

Famous quotes containing the words baxter and/or men:

    In necessary things, unity; in disputed things, liberty; in all things, charity.
    —Variously Ascribed.

    The formulation was used as a motto by the English Nonconformist clergyman Richard Baxter (1615-1691)

    I have seen more men than usual, lately; and, well as I was acquainted with one, I am surprised to find what vulgar fellows they are.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)