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

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

Often devotion to virtue arises from sated desire.

Often devotion to virtue arises from sated desire.

Virtue must be valuable, if men and women of all degrees pretend to have it.

Virtue must be valuable, if men and women of all degrees pretend to have it.

Virtue is not knowing but doing

Virtue is not knowing but doing

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.

Curse on his virtues! they've undone his country.

Curse on his virtues! they've undone his country.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.

The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.

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.