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.

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.

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

So our virtues Lie in the interpretation of the time

So our virtues Lie in the interpretation of the time

Assume a virtue if you have it not.

Assume a virtue if you have it not.

Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.

Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.

All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.

All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.

Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not read more

Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper.

Virtuous people are simply those who have not been tempted sufficiently, because they live in a vegetative state, or because read more

Virtuous people are simply those who have not been tempted sufficiently, because they live in a vegetative state, or because their purposes are so concentrated in one direction that they have not had the leisure to glance around them.