~Reciprocity.~--There is one word which may serve as a rule of practice
for all one's life, that word is _reciprocity_. What you do not wish
done to yourself, do not do to others.--_Confucius._
~Reconciliation.~--It is much safer to reconcile an enemy than to conquer
him; victory may deprive him of his poison, but reconciliation of his
will.--_Owen Feltham._
~Rectitude.~--The great high-road of human welfare lies along the highway
of steadfast well-doing, and they who are the most persistent, and work
in the truest spirit, will invariably be the most successful.--_Samuel
Smiles._
If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. But do not
care to convince him. Men will believe what they see. Let them
see.--_Thoreau._
No man can do right unless he is good, wise, and strong. What wonder we
fail?--_Charles Buxton._
~Refinement.~--Refinement that carries us away from our fellow-men is not
God's refinement.--_Beecher._
Refinement is the lifting of one's self upwards from the merely sensual,
the effort of the soul to etherealize the common wants and uses of
life.--_Beecher._
~Reflection.~--We are told, "Let not the sun go down on your wrath." This,
of course, is best; but, as it generally does, I would add, never act or
write till it has done so. This rule has saved me from many an act of
folly. It is wonderful what a different view we take of the same event
four-and-twenty hours after it has happened.--_Sydney Smith._
~Reform.~--We are reformers in spring and summer; in autumn and winter we
stand by the old--reformers in the morning, conservatives at night.
Reform is affirmative, conservatism is negative; conservatism goes for
comfort, reform for truth.--_Emerson._