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

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

Blushing is the color of virtue.

Blushing is the color of virtue.

Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the restraints of conscience.

Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the restraints of conscience.

Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.

Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.

The only reward of virtue is virtue.

The only reward of virtue is virtue.

Assume a virtue if you have it not.

Assume a virtue if you have it not.

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 power of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special efforts, but by his ordinary doing

The power of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special efforts, but by his ordinary doing

Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not read more

Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper.