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Virtuous people often revenge themselves for the constraints to which they submit by the boredom which they inspire.
Virtuous people often revenge themselves for the constraints to which they submit by the boredom which they inspire.
Goodness is the only investment that never fails.
Goodness is the only investment that never fails.
Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.
Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.
 Certainly virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when they 
are incensed or crushed.  
 Certainly virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when they 
are incensed or crushed. 
 Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! virtue 
is at hand.  
 Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! virtue 
is at hand. 
It is better to be beautiful than to be good, but it is better to be good than to be read more
It is better to be beautiful than to be good, but it is better to be good than to be ugly.
Virtues are acquired through endeavor, which rests wholly upon yourself.
Virtues are acquired through endeavor, which rests wholly upon yourself.
The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.
The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.