Quotes about Ethics

It is a disgrace to let ignorance and vanity do more with us than prudence and principle.

Never get into family fights over material things; give them up willingly, and your moral standing will increase in proportion.

You can commit injustice by doing nothing.

Be not as one that hath ten thousand years to live death is nigh at hand while thou livest, while thou hast time, be good.

Justice is the crowning glory of the virtues.

Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.

According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become richer through damages and injuries suffered by another.

Justice consists in doing no injury to men decency in giving them no offense.

A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other virtues.

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.

For there is but one essential justice which cements society, and one law which establishes this justice. This law is right reason, which is the true rule of all commandments and prohibitions. Whoever neglects this law, whether written or unwritten, is necessarily unjust and wicked.

Politicians are not born; they are excreted.