Virtue by premeditation isn't worth much.

Virtue by premeditation isn't worth much.

Virtue must be valuable, if men and women of all degrees pretend to have it.

Virtue must be valuable, if men and women of all degrees pretend to have it.

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

Practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty.

Practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty.

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.

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

If we had to seek virtue outside of ourselves, that would assuredly be difficult; but as it is within us, read more

If we had to seek virtue outside of ourselves, that would assuredly be difficult; but as it is within us, it suffices to avoid bad thoughts and to keep our souls turned toward the Lord.

Virtue is not solitary; it is bound to have neighbors

Virtue is not solitary; it is bound to have neighbors

The virtue in most request is conformity.

The virtue in most request is conformity.