The only absolute morality is absolute stagnation

He that suffers the slightest breach in his morality can seldom tell what shall enter it, or how wide it shall be made; when a passage is open, the influx of corruption is every moment wearing down opposition, and by slow degrees deluges the heart

Go into the street and give one man a lecture on morality and another a shilling, and see which will respect you most.

A lawyer's dream of heaven: every man reclaimed his property at the resurrection, and each tried to recover it from all his forefathers.

Look before you leap for as you sow, ye are like to reap.

The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of public opinion.