Whatever makes religion its second object, makes it no object. Ruskin.
Whatever may be the natural propensity of any one, it is very hard to overcome. If a dog were made king, would he not gnaw his shoe-straps? Hitopadesa.
Whatever may happen, every kind of fortune is to be overcome by bearing it. Virg.
Whatever may happen to thee, it was prepared 10 for thee from all eternity; and the complication of causes was from eternity spinning the thread not only of thy being, but of that which is incident to it. Marcus Aurelius.
Whatever mitigates the woes or increases the happiness of others, this is my criterion of goodness; and whatever injures society at large, or any individual in it, this is my measure of iniquity. Burns.
Whatever of goodness emanates from the soul, gathers its soft halo from the eyes; and if the heart be the lurking-place of crime, the eyes are sure to betray the secret. F. Saunders.
Whatever our wanderings, our happiness will always be found within a narrow compass, and amidst the objects more immediately within our reach. Bulwer Lytton.
Whatever outward thing offers itself to the eye, is merely the garment or body of a thing which already existed invisibly within. Carlyle.
Whatever purifies the heart, fortifies it. 15 Blair.
Whatever sceptic could inquire for, / For every why he had a wherefore. Buller.