Virtue by premeditation isn't worth much.

Virtue by premeditation isn't worth much.

Virtue is not solitary; it is bound to have neighbors

Virtue is not solitary; it is bound to have neighbors

All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.

All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.

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.

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

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

Virtue is insufficient temptation.

Virtue is insufficient temptation.

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.

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.

Virtues are acquired through endeavor, which rests wholly upon yourself.

Virtues are acquired through endeavor, which rests wholly upon yourself.