Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.

Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.

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.

Virtue alone is the unerring sign of a noble soul.
[Fr., La vertu d'un coeur noble est la marque read more

Virtue alone is the unerring sign of a noble soul.
[Fr., La vertu d'un coeur noble est la marque certaine.]

Nature does not loathe virtue: it is unaware of its existence.

Nature does not loathe virtue: it is unaware of its existence.

The virtue in most request is conformity.

The virtue in most request is conformity.

He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.

He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.

That virtue we appreciate is as much ours as another's. We see so much only as we possess.

That virtue we appreciate is as much ours as another's. We see so much only as we possess.

The first time you see Winston Churchill you see all his faults and the rest of your life you spend read more

The first time you see Winston Churchill you see all his faults and the rest of your life you spend discovering his virtues.

And be on they guard against the good and the just! They would fain curcify those who devise their own read more

And be on they guard against the good and the just! They would fain curcify those who devise their own virtue -- they hate the lonesome ones.