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Blushing is the color of virtue.
Blushing is the color of virtue.
The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.
The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.
Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience.
Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience.
People with virtue must speak out; People who speak are not all virtuous.
People with virtue must speak out; People who speak are not all virtuous.
Virtue treads paths that end not in the grave.
Virtue treads paths that end not in the grave.
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.
One's outlook is a part of his virtue.
One's outlook is a part of his virtue.
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
Fewer possess virtue, than those who wish us to believe that they
possess it.
[Lat., Virtute enim ipsa read more
Fewer possess virtue, than those who wish us to believe that they
possess it.
[Lat., Virtute enim ipsa non tam multi praediti esse, quam videri
volunt.]