Famous aphorisms mainly refer to idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, aphorisms and poems that people are generally familiar with. Famous aphorisms are the refinement and summary of people's experience and lessons in practice, and the accumulation of historical and cultural essence, which has important guiding significance and warning function for future generations. Ideology and morality is a moral education course, which does not need profound theories and dogmas, but needs all kinds of easy-to-understand, lively examples and humanized guidance. In the teaching process, the clever use of famous sayings and epigrams will help students to correctly treat the problems in the process of study, life and growth, cultivate healthy and beneficial hobbies, learn to behave correctly, and play a greater role in the final life and good ideological and moral lessons. This paper tries to talk about some superficial views from the role of famous sayings and sentences in the teaching of ideological and moral courses and the matters needing attention in use, in order to seek advice from colleagues.