A good End cannot sanctify evil Means; nor must we ever do Evil, that Good may come of it

A good End cannot sanctify evil Means; nor must we ever do Evil, that Good may come of it.

To do evil that good may come of it is for bunglers in politics as well as mortals

She is but half a wife that is not, nor is capable of being, a friend

Covetousness is the greatest of monsters, as well as the root of all evil.

To be innocent is to be not guilty; but to be virtuous is to overcome our evil inclinations