Oaths are the fossils of piety.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Unfortunately, in today's world we have to be reminded that the power of an oath derives from the fact that in it we ask God to bear witness to the promises we make with the implicit expectation that He will hold us accountable for the manner in which we honor them.
Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.
The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.
There are pretenders to piety as well as to courage.
Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.
Let us consider that swearing is a sin of all others peculiarly clamorous, and provocative of Divine judgment.
For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first.
In the last analysis, of course, an oath will encourage fidelity in office only to the degree that officeholders continue to believe that they cannot escape ultimate accountability for a breach of faith.
Oaths are but words, and words are but wind.
It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.