The first duty of a man is the seeking after and the investigation of truth.

The evil implanted in man by nature spreads so imperceptibly, when the habit of wrong-doing is unchecked, that he himself can set no limit to his shamelessness.

The man who backbites an absent friend, nay, who does not stand up for him when another blames him, the man who angles for bursts of laughter and for the reput…

The absolute good is not a matter of opinion but of nature.