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All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.
All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.
Nature does not loathe virtue: it is unaware of its existence.
Nature does not loathe virtue: it is unaware of its existence.
Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice
Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice
The virtues, like the Muses, are always seen in groups. A good principle was never found solitary in any breast.
The virtues, like the Muses, are always seen in groups. A good principle was never found solitary in any breast.
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.
Reputation is but a synonyme of popularity: dependent on
suffrage, to be increased or diminished at the will of read more
Reputation is but a synonyme of popularity: dependent on
suffrage, to be increased or diminished at the will of the
voters.
Be good and you will be lonesome.
Be good and you will be lonesome.
Virtuous people are simply those who have not been tempted sufficiently, because they live in a vegetative state, or because read more
Virtuous people are simply those who have not been tempted sufficiently, because they live in a vegetative state, or because their purposes are so concentrated in one direction that they have not had the leisure to glance around them.