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.

Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.

Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

If you can be well without health, you may be happy without virtue.

If you can be well without health, you may be happy without virtue.

Man cannot be uplifted; he must be seduced into virtue.

Man cannot be uplifted; he must be seduced into virtue.

Often devotion to virtue arises from sated desire.

Often devotion to virtue arises from sated desire.

The power of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special efforts, but by his ordinary doing

The power of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special efforts, but by his ordinary doing

The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons

The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons

The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one

The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one