Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.

Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.

Man cannot be uplifted; he must be seduced into virtue.

Man cannot be uplifted; he must be seduced into virtue.

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.

The path of a good woman is indeed strewn with flowers; but they rise behind her steps, not before them

The path of a good woman is indeed strewn with flowers; but they rise behind her steps, not before them

Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.

Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.

Be good and you will be lonesome.

Be good and you will be lonesome.

Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.

Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.

So our virtues Lie in the interpretation of the time

So our virtues Lie in the interpretation of the time

Virtue is insufficient temptation.

Virtue is insufficient temptation.