Sell not virtue to purchase wealth.

Sell not virtue to purchase wealth.

The only amarantine flower on earth
Is virtue.

The only amarantine flower on earth
Is virtue.

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.

Virtue treads paths that end not in the grave.

Virtue treads paths that end not in the grave.

All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.

All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.

If we had to seek virtue outside of ourselves, that would assuredly be difficult; but as it is within us, read more

If we had to seek virtue outside of ourselves, that would assuredly be difficult; but as it is within us, it suffices to avoid bad thoughts and to keep our souls turned toward the Lord.

Virtue by premeditation isn't worth much.

Virtue by premeditation isn't worth much.

Virtue is not the absense of vices or the avoidance of moral dangers; virtue is a vivid and separate thing, read more

Virtue is not the absense of vices or the avoidance of moral dangers; virtue is a vivid and separate thing, like pain or a particular smell.

It is better to rise from life as from a banquet -- neither thirsty nor drunken.

It is better to rise from life as from a banquet -- neither thirsty nor drunken.