Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.

Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.

When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary

When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary

Virtue by premeditation isn't worth much.

Virtue by premeditation isn't worth much.

A homely face and no figure have aided many women heavenward.

A homely face and no figure have aided many women heavenward.

If there's a power above us, (and that there is all nature cries
aloud
Through all her works) read more

If there's a power above us, (and that there is all nature cries
aloud
Through all her works) he must delight in virtue.

Chastity - you can carry it too far

Chastity - you can carry it too far

Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.

Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.

Be good and you will be lonesome.

Be good and you will be lonesome.

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