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A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other virtues
A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other virtues
If you can be well without health, you may be happy without virtue.
If you can be well without health, you may be happy without virtue.
What shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in
the heart.
What shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in
the heart.
The virtue in most request is conformity.
The virtue in most request is conformity.
Chastity - you can carry it too far
Chastity - you can carry it too far
Virtue by premeditation isn't worth much.
Virtue by premeditation isn't worth much.
He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.
He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.
The more virtuous any man is, the less easily does he suspect
others to be vicious.
[Lat., Nam read more
The more virtuous any man is, the less easily does he suspect
others to be vicious.
[Lat., Nam ut quisque est vir optimus, ita difficillime esse
alios improbos suspicatur.]
Beauty without virtue is like a rose without scent.
Beauty without virtue is like a rose without scent.
