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You cannot receive a shock unless you have an electric affinity for that which shocks you.

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Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.

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If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. But do not care to convince him. Men will believe what they see. Let them see.

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Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life. So aim above morality. Be not simply good be good for something.

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What is morality but immemorial custom? Conscience is the chief of conservatives.

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There is no such thing as accomplishing a righteous reform by the use of 'expediency.' There is no such thing as sliding up hill. In morals, the only ...more

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Our whole life is startlingly moral. There is never an instant's truce between virtue and vice.

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It is not for a man to put himself in such an attitude to society, but to maintain himself in whatever attitude he find himself through obedience to t...more