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The path of a good woman is indeed strewn with flowers; but they rise behind her steps, not before them
The path of a good woman is indeed strewn with flowers; but they rise behind her steps, not before them
Virtue herself is her own fairest reward.rn
Virtue herself is her own fairest reward.rn
Sell not virtue to purchase wealth.
Sell not virtue to purchase wealth.
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 greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.
The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.
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.
Man cannot be uplifted; he must be seduced into virtue.
Man cannot be uplifted; he must be seduced into virtue.
Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.
Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.
Assume a virtue if you have it not.
Assume a virtue if you have it not.
