When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned.
Customs form us all, our thoughts, our morals, our most fixed beliefs; are consequences of our place of birth.
About morals, I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.
Of course poets have morals and manners of their own, and custom is no argument with them.
To seduce a woman famous for strict morals, religious fervor and the happiness of her marriage: what could possibly be more prestigious?
He combines the manners of a Marquis with the morals of a Methodist.
Books follow morals, and not morals books.
Sometimes, his methods and his motives are questionable and even his morals are questionable in the way he does things. But I think his intention is always to protect his daughter.
Sometimes his methods are questionable, and even his morals are questionable, but his intention is always to protect Sydney. So in that way I think he's a good parent.
Every fact is related on one side to sensation, and, on the other, to morals. The game of thought is, on the appearance of one of these two sides, to find the other: given the upper, to find the under side.
It is becoming clear that the old platitudes can no longer be maintained, and that if we wish to improve our morals we must first improve our knowledge.
It has been said that the position of woman is the test of civilization, and that of our women was secure. In them was vested our standard of morals and the purity of our blood.
There are some liberals eager to embrace a culture void of morals, but the majority of America is made up of honest, hard-working families who turned out in droves to protect the traditional way of life.
Morals are in all countries the result of legislation and government; they are not African or Asian or European: they are good or bad.
The possibility of divorce renders both marriage partners stricter in their observance of the duties they owe to each other. Divorces help to improve morals and to increase the population.