Virtue is its own reward. There's a pleasure in doing good which sufficiently pays itself.

Virtue is its own reward. There's a pleasure in doing good which sufficiently pays itself.

The virtues of society are vices of the saint. The terror of reform is the discovery that we must cast read more

The virtues of society are vices of the saint. The terror of reform is the discovery that we must cast away our virtues, or what we have always esteemed such, into the same pit that has consumed our grosser vices.

Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and
moderation and reason.

Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and
moderation and reason.

Practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty.

Practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty.

The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.

The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.

The virtue in most request is conformity.

The virtue in most request is conformity.

That which leads us to the performance of duty by offering
pleasure as its reward, is not virtue, but read more

That which leads us to the performance of duty by offering
pleasure as its reward, is not virtue, but a deceptive copy and
imitation of virtue.
[Lat., Nam quae voluptate, quasi mercede aliqua, ad officium
impellitur, ea non est virtus sed fallax imitatio simulatioque
virtutis.]

Virtues are acquired through endeavor, which rests wholly upon yourself.

Virtues are acquired through endeavor, which rests wholly upon yourself.

Chastity - you can carry it too far

Chastity - you can carry it too far