Careful Words

morals (n.)

  The Bible is a book of faith, and a book of doctrine, and a book of morals, and a book of religion, of especial revelation from God.

Daniel Webster (1782-1852): Completion of Bunker Hill Monument, June 17, 1843. P. 102.

We must be free or die who speak the tongue

That Shakespeare spake, the faith and morals hold

Which Milton held.

William Wordsworth (1770-1850): It is not to be thought of.

Fill all the glasses there, for why

Should every creature drink but I?

Why, man of morals, tell me why?

Abraham Cowley (1618-1667): From Anacreon, ii. Drinking.