Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.

Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.

Assume a virtue if you have it not.

Assume a virtue if you have it not.

The only reward of virtue is virtue.

The only reward of virtue is virtue.

Be good and you will be lonesome.

Be good and you will be lonesome.

The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: to return love read more

The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: to return love for hate, to include the excluded, and to say, "I was wrong".

Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.

Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.

Chastity - you can carry it too far

Chastity - you can carry it too far

Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.

Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.

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.