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Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.
Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.
Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices
Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices
Virtue when concealed is a worthless thing.
[Lat., Vile latens virtus.]
Virtue when concealed is a worthless thing.
[Lat., Vile latens virtus.]
Tolerance is giving to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself.
Tolerance is giving to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself.
Better keep yourself clean and bright. You are the window through which you must see the world.
Better keep yourself clean and bright. You are the window through which you must see the world.
Of all the benefits which virtue confers on us, the contempt of death is one of the greatest.
Of all the benefits which virtue confers on us, the contempt of death is one of the greatest.
Sweet are the slumbers of the virtuous man!
Sweet are the slumbers of the virtuous man!
Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves.
Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves.
Virtue by premeditation isn't worth much.
Virtue by premeditation isn't worth much.