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

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.

And be on they guard against the good and the just! They would fain curcify those who devise their own read more

And be on they guard against the good and the just! They would fain curcify those who devise their own virtue -- they hate the lonesome ones.

If there's a power above us, (and that there is all nature cries
aloud
Through all her works) read more

If there's a power above us, (and that there is all nature cries
aloud
Through all her works) he must delight in virtue.

Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principle of evil.

Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principle of evil.

Chastity - you can carry it too far

Chastity - you can carry it too far

As far as I'm concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue.

As far as I'm concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue.

A homely face and no figure have aided many women heavenward.

A homely face and no figure have aided many women heavenward.

Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! virtue
is at hand.

Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! virtue
is at hand.