And he gave it no approval; for it is most immoral to think more highly of the apparently expedient than of the morally right, or even to set these over against each other and to hesitate to choose between them.
In his work on ethics, Cicero asserts that prioritizing apparent expediency over moral rectitude is fundamentally immoral.
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For nothing is more commendable, nothing more becoming in a pre-eminently great man than courtesy and forbearance.
But while they steer clear of the one kind of injustice, they fall into the other: they are traitors to social life, for they contribute to it none of their interest, none of their effort, none of their means.
In my opinion, at least, we should always strive to secure a peace that shall not admit of guile.
In the matter of a promise one must always consider the meaning and not the mere words.
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