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.

Of all the benefits which virtue confers on us, the contempt of death is one of the greatest.

Of all the benefits which virtue confers on us, the contempt of death is one of the greatest.

Sometimes we may learn more from a man's errors, than from his virtues.

Sometimes we may learn more from a man's errors, than from his virtues.

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

So our virtues Lie in the interpretation of the time

So our virtues Lie in the interpretation of the time

Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! virtue
is at hand.

Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! virtue
is at hand.

Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.

Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.

Be good and you will be lonesome.

Be good and you will be lonesome.

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fine actions than in the nonperformance of base ones.

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fine actions than in the nonperformance of base ones.