Virtue, the strength and beauty of the soul,
Is the best gift of Heaven: a happiness
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Virtue, the strength and beauty of the soul,
Is the best gift of Heaven: a happiness
That even above the smiles and frowns of fate
Exalts great Nature's favourites: a wealth
That ne'er encumbers, nor can be transferr'd.

Of all the benefits which virtue confers on us, the contempt of death is one of the greatest.

Of all the benefits which virtue confers on us, the contempt of death is one of the greatest.

Well may your heart believe the truths I tell;
'Tis virtue makes the bliss, where'er we dwell.

Well may your heart believe the truths I tell;
'Tis virtue makes the bliss, where'er we dwell.

Ah, Eugénie, have done with virtues! Among the sacrifices that can be made to those counterfeit divinities, is there one read more

Ah, Eugénie, have done with virtues! Among the sacrifices that can be made to those counterfeit divinities, is there one worth an instant of the pleasures one tastes in outraging them?

The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.

The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.

Virtues are acquired through endeavor, which rests wholly upon yourself.

Virtues are acquired through endeavor, which rests wholly upon yourself.

The only reward of virtue is virtue.

The only reward of virtue is 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.

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores