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.

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.

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 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

Virtue when concealed is a worthless thing.
[Lat., Vile latens virtus.]

Virtue when concealed is a worthless thing.
[Lat., Vile latens virtus.]

Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principle of evil.

Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principle of evil.

Virtue is its own reward. There's a pleasure in doing good which sufficiently pays itself.

Virtue is its own reward. There's a pleasure in doing good which sufficiently pays itself.

In the approach to virtue there are many steps.
[Lat., In virtute sunt multi adscensus.]

In the approach to virtue there are many steps.
[Lat., In virtute sunt multi adscensus.]

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.