Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.

Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.

Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! virtue
is at hand.

Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! virtue
is at hand.

Virtue is insufficient temptation.

Virtue is insufficient temptation.

Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices

Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices

A homely face and no figure have aided many women heavenward.

A homely face and no figure have aided many women heavenward.

Practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty.

Practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty.

He possessed beauty without vanity, strength without insolence; courage without ferocity; and all the virtues of man without his vices

He possessed beauty without vanity, strength without insolence; courage without ferocity; and all the virtues of man without his vices

Virtue is not the absense of vices or the avoidance of moral dangers; virtue is a vivid and separate thing, read more

Virtue is not the absense of vices or the avoidance of moral dangers; virtue is a vivid and separate thing, like pain or a particular smell.

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores