Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.

Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.

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

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

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

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

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

Certainly virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when they
are incensed or crushed.

Certainly virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when they
are incensed or crushed.

Beauty without virtue is like a rose without scent.

Beauty without virtue is like a rose without scent.

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

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.