“There is a saying as old as the Greeks that it is more important to form good habits than to frame good laws.”

“It is far more important the law should be administered with absolute integrity, than that in this case or in that the law should be a good law or a bad one.”

“When people talk about the good old days, I say to people, 'It's not the days that are old, it's you that's old.' I hate the good old days. What is important is that today is good.”

“Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy man has no time to form.”

“The good of any one individual is of no more importance, from the point of view (if I may so say) of the Universe, than the good of any other; unless, that is, there are special grounds for believing that more good is likely to be realized in the one case than in the other.”

“Feeling good about yourself is not the same thing as doing good. Good policy is more important than good feelings.”

“Good habits are as addictive as bad habits, and a lot more rewarding.”

“One has to grow up with good talk in order to form the habit of it.”

“Sometimes it's more important to be human, than to have good taste.”

“The chief business of education… is to attempt to form good habits in children, to improve the understanding, and to check the formation of bad habits.”