morality Quotes

Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.

No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.

We do not despise all those who have vices, but we do despise those that have no virtue.

There are crimes which become innocent and even glorious through their splendor, number and excess.

The generality of virtuous women are like hidden treasures, they are safe only because nobody has sought after them.

The name and pretense of virtue is as serviceable to self-interest as are real vices.

The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.

Religion is the recognition of all our duties as divine commands.

Morality is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness.

Two things awe me most, the starry sky above me and the moral law within me.