ethics
“Give what you have; to someone it may be better than you dare to think.”
“I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.”
“I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.”
“Whatever you are, be a good one.”
“With malice toward none; with charity for all.”
“Aim at Heaven and you will get earth “thrown in”; aim at earth and you will get neither.”
“Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.”
“The time is always right to do what is right.”
“He who wills the end, wills the means thereto.”
“Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe: the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me.”
“Act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law.”
“Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind.”
“Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.”
“Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.”
“He who waits to do a great deal of good at once, will never do anything.”
“Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.”
“Better to be silent than to speak ill.”
“Be gracious in your prosperity, and steadfast in your adversity.”
“It is more important to know the properties of friendship than to define it.”
“To hell with good intentions.”