No punishment is so terrible as prosperous guilt. William Ellery Channing More Quotes by William Ellery Channing More Quotes From William Ellery Channing Error is discipline through which we advance. William Ellery Channing The world is governed by opinion. William Ellery Channing To be prosperous is not to be superior, and should form no barrier between men. Wealth ought not to secure the prosperous the slightest consideration. The only distinctions which should be recognized are those of the soul, of strong principle, of incorruptible integrity, of usefulness, of cultivated intellect, of fidelity in seeking the truth. William Ellery Channing Each of us is meant to have a character all our own, to be what no other can exactly be, and do what no other can exactly do. William Ellery Channing us our own character