Thanks to the gods! my boy has done his duty.

In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, because it is our duty.

An active duty general is on very thin ice to offer any criticisms, negative comments, about the secretary of defense. Once a general is retired, however, the gloves can come off.

The payment of taxes is an obvious and insistent duty, and its sanction is usually punitive.

You can't, in sound morals, condemn a man for taking care of his own integrity. It is his clear duty.

The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense, and good breeding.