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Of all the benefits which virtue confers on us, the contempt of death is one of the greatest.
Of all the benefits which virtue confers on us, the contempt of death is one of the greatest.
The virtue in most request is conformity.
The virtue in most request is conformity.
Most dangerous is that temptation that doth goad us on to sin in loving virtue.
Most dangerous is that temptation that doth goad us on to sin in loving virtue.
The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.
The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.
The only amarantine flower on earth
Is virtue.
The only amarantine flower on earth
Is virtue.
The virtues of society are vices of the saint. The terror of reform is the discovery that we must cast read more
The virtues of society are vices of the saint. The terror of reform is the discovery that we must cast away our virtues, or what we have always esteemed such, into the same pit that has consumed our grosser vices.
Virtue is not knowing but doing
Virtue is not knowing but doing
So our virtues Lie in the interpretation of the time
So our virtues Lie in the interpretation of the time
Sometimes we may learn more from a man's errors, than from his virtues.
Sometimes we may learn more from a man's errors, than from his virtues.