Ethics and Morality

Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.

Nature knows no indecencies; man invents them .

Honesty: The best of all the lost arts.

The lack of money is the root of all evil.

It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.

The conviction of the rich that the poor are happier is no more foolish than the conviction of the poor that the rich are.

In religion and politics, people's belief's and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second hand, and without examination

I do not wish any reward but to know I have done the right thing.

A half-truth is the most cowardly of lies.

If you have nothing to say, say nothing.

Those that respect the law and love sausage should watch neither being made.

Love your enemy, it will scare the hell out of them.

Laws control the lesser man... Right conduct controls the greater one.

Sacred cows make the best hamburger.

Stripping away the irrational, the illogical, and the impossible, I am left with atheism. I can live with that.

But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?

Do something everyday that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.

Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company .

Never have a battle of wits with an unarmed person.

When in doubt tell the truth. It will confound your enemies and astound your friends.

A good lawyer knows the law; a clever one takes the judge to lunch.

A Patriot is someone who stands for his country always, and for his government when it is deserved.

If Christ were here now there is one thing he would not be — a Christian.

Few things are more irritating than when someone who is wrong is also very effective in making his point.