morality Quotes

The line between lawful and unlawful abortion will be marked by the fact of having sensation and being alive.

Youth should be kept strangers to all that is bad, and especially to things which suggest vice or hate. When the five years have passed away, during the two following years they must look on at the pursuits which they... ...

Virtue means doing the right thing, in relation to the right person, at the right time, to the right extent, in the right manner, and for the right purpose. Thus, to give money away is quite a simple task, but... ...

Every virtue is a mean between two extremes, each of which is a vice.

The precepts of the law may be comprehended under these three points: to live honestly, to hurt no man willfully, and to render every man his due carefully.

All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.

Goodness is to do good to the deserving and love the good and hate the wicked, and not to be eager to inflict punishment or take vengeance, but to be gracious and kindly and forgiving.

At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.

The greatest injustices proceed from those who pursue excess, not by those who are driven by necessity.

Moral virtue is a mean . . . between two vices, one of excess and the other of defect; . . . it is such a mean because it aims at hitting the middle point in feelings and in actions.... ...