Ethics and Morality

There are three classes of men.Lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.

Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.

There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.

He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it.

Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.

The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom.

Justice means minding one's own business and not meddling with other men's concerns.

Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil.

Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens.

A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.

All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue.

Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.

Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.

Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom.

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.

To love rightly is to love what is orderly and beautiful in an educated and disciplined way.

Whatever is beautiful is beautiful by necessity.

Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.

The test of any man lies in action.

Bad company corrupts good character.

Bigotry is the sacred disease.

Deliberate violence is more to be quenched than a fire.

The best people renounce all for one goal, the eternal fame of mortals; but most people stuff themselves like cattle.

Justice will overtake fabricators of lies and false witnesses.