Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.

Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.

Be good and you will be lonesome.

Be good and you will be lonesome.

Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.

Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.

Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.

Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.

Temptations come, as a general rule, when they are sought.

Temptations come, as a general rule, when they are sought.

As far as I'm concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue.

As far as I'm concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue.

Chastity - you can carry it too far

Chastity - you can carry it too far

Practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty.

Practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty.

Nature does not loathe virtue: it is unaware of its existence.

Nature does not loathe virtue: it is unaware of its existence.