Quotes about Morality

When good men die their goodness does not perish,But lives though they are gone. As for the bad,All that was theirs dies and is buried with them.

Silver and gold are not the only coin virtue too passes current all over the world.

Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.

Of all evils, indeed, famine is the worst, and it destroys nothing so effectively as shame. For that which under other circumstances is worthy of respect, in the midst of famine is despised. Thus women snatched the food from the very mouths of their husbands and children, from their fathers, and what was most pitiable of all, mothers from their babes. And while their dearest ones were wasting away in their arms, they were not ashamed to take away from them the last drops that supported life.

When I do good I feel good, when I do bad I feel bad, and that's my religion.

There is nothing evil save that which perverts the mind and shackles the conscience.

You can't divorce religious belief and public service I've never detected any conflict between God's will and my political duty. If you violate one, you violate the other.

An unvirtuous citizenry tend to elect representatives who will pander to their covetous lustings.

The best argument I know for an immortal life is the existence of a man who deserves one.

You cannot do wrong and feel right. It is impossible!

To be famous, in fact, one has only to kill one's landlady.

Character is the container for blessing.