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

Assume a virtue if you have it not.

Assume a virtue if you have it not.

Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.

Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.

The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.

The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.

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

All great virtues become great men.
[Fr., Toutes grandes vertus conviennent aux grands hommes.]

All great virtues become great men.
[Fr., Toutes grandes vertus conviennent aux grands hommes.]

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

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

The only amarantine flower on earth
Is virtue.

The only amarantine flower on earth
Is virtue.