virtue

Virtue does not come from wealth, but . . . wealth, and every other good thing which men have . . . comes from virtue.

Think not silence the wisdom of fools; but, if rightly timed, the honor of wise men, who have not the infirmity, but the virtue of taciturnity.

If there be any among those common objects of hatred I do contemn and laugh at, it is that great enemy of reason, virtue, and religion, the multitude; that numerous piece of monstrosity, which, taken asunder, seem men, and the reasonable creatures of God, but, confused together, make but one great beast, and a monstrosity more prodigious than Hydra.

Will. Honeycomb calls these over-offended ladies the outrageously virtuous.

To be ambitious of true honor, of the true glory and perfection of our natures, is the very principle and incentive of virtue.

Self criticism must be my guide to action, and the first rule for its employment is that in itself it is not a virtue, only a procedure.

If to die honorably is the greatest Part of virtue, for us fate's done her best. Because we fought to crown Greece with freedom We lie here enjoying timeless fame.

I would be virtuous for my own sake, though nobody were to know it; as I would be clean for my own sake, although nobody were to see me.

We should every night call ourselves to an account; What infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed? What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired? Our vices will abort of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift.

If he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why, sir, when he leaves our houses let us count our spoons.