values Quotes

Character is the result of a system of stereotyped principals.

Custom is the great guide to human life.

The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.

When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.

Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.

It is an affront to treat falsehood with complaisance.

Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production; and the interest of the producer ought to be attended to, only so far as it may be necessary for promoting that of the consumer.

Humanity is the virtue of a woman, generosity that of a man.

There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity - the law of nature and of nations.

Laws, like houses, lean on one another.