I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

If there's a power above us, (and that there is all nature cries
aloud
Through all her works) read more

If there's a power above us, (and that there is all nature cries
aloud
Through all her works) he must delight in virtue.

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.

Virtue is not solitary; it is bound to have neighbors

Virtue is not solitary; it is bound to have neighbors

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.

The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.

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.

Assume a virtue if you have it not.

Assume a virtue if you have it not.

Virtue is indeed its own reward.
[Lat., Ipsa quidem pretium virtus sibi.]

Virtue is indeed its own reward.
[Lat., Ipsa quidem pretium virtus sibi.]