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Virtue when concealed is a worthless thing.
[Lat., Vile latens virtus.]
Virtue when concealed is a worthless thing.
[Lat., Vile latens virtus.]
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.
By accident of fortune a man may rule the world for a time, but by virtue of love he may read more
By accident of fortune a man may rule the world for a time, but by virtue of love he may rule the world forever
Prosperity discovers vice, adversity discovers virtue.
Prosperity discovers vice, adversity discovers virtue.
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.
The power of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special efforts, but by his ordinary doing
The power of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special efforts, but by his ordinary doing
Virtue is indeed its own reward.
[Lat., Ipsa quidem pretium virtus sibi.]
Virtue is indeed its own reward.
[Lat., Ipsa quidem pretium virtus sibi.]
Virtue is its own reward. There's a pleasure in doing good which sufficiently pays itself.
Virtue is its own reward. There's a pleasure in doing good which sufficiently pays itself.
Better keep yourself clean and bright. You are the window through which you must see the world.
Better keep yourself clean and bright. You are the window through which you must see the world.
