Better keep yourself clean and bright. You are the window through which you must see the world.

Better keep yourself clean and bright. You are the window through which you must see the world.

Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.

Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.

Man cannot be uplifted; he must be seduced into virtue.

Man cannot be uplifted; he must be seduced into virtue.

Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.

Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.

Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.

Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.

Sweet are the slumbers of the virtuous man!

Sweet are the slumbers of the virtuous man!

Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices

Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices

Often devotion to virtue arises from sated desire.

Often devotion to virtue arises from sated desire.

All great virtues become great men.
[Fr., Toutes grandes vertus conviennent aux grands hommes.]

All great virtues become great men.
[Fr., Toutes grandes vertus conviennent aux grands hommes.]