Women's virtue is frequently nothing but a regard to their own quiet and a tenderness for their reputation.Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The generality of virtuous women are like hidden treasures, they are safe only because nobody has sought after them.Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The name and pretense of virtue is as serviceable to self-interest as are real vices.Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Always recognize that human individuals are ends, and do not use them as means to your end.Immanuel Kant
A categorical imperative would be one which represented an action as objectively necessary in itself, without reference to any other purpose.Immanuel Kant