ethics
“It is the duty of a good judge to interpret laws rather than to make them.”
“He who speaks evil of another, seldom speaks a good word of himself.”
“It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.”
“Nothing is achieved without much labor.”
“The orator is a good man skilled in speaking.”
“If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he comes next to drinking and Sabbath-breaking.”
“You cannot change what you are, only what you do.”
“Keep cool, but care.”
“Right is right, even if everyone is against it; and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.”
“An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.”
“Character is simply habit long continued.”
“To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.”
“An honest man's the noblest work of God.”
“Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.”
“A little learning is a dangerous thing.”
“To err is human; to forgive, divine.”
“He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it.”
“The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself.”
“Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil.”
“The power of choosing good and evil is within the reach of all.”