The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.

Those who have virtue always in their mouths, and neglect it in practice, are like a harp, which emits a sound pleasing to others, while itself is insensible of the music.

Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.

But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint.

Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.

Virtue itself scapes not calumnious strokes.

Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.

Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves nor their own things, but only what is just, whether it happens to be done by themselves or others.

Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is divine.

The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue.

Silence is the virtue of fools.

This life, which had been the tomb of his virtue and of his honour, is but a walking shadow; a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more: it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.

Our peace shall stand as firm as rocky mountains.

In truth, politeness is artificial good humor, it covers the natural want of it, and ends by rendering habitual a substitute nearly equivalent to the real virtue.

The object of the superior man is truth.

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

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life – in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a color.

The superior man does not, even for the space of a single meal, act contrary to virtue. In moments of haste, he cleaves to it. In seasons of danger, he cleaves to it.

If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same.

Who sows virtue reaps honor.

Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness; he that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious, and he that becomes suspicious will quickly be corrupt.

Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.

I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability.

I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.

Crime when it succeeds is called virtue.

Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue.

Virtue is relative to the actions and ages of each of us in all that we do.

A more secret, sweet, and overpowering beauty appears to man when his heart and mind open to the sentiment of virtue.

Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their lack of merit.

The love of economy is the root of all virtue.

Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its virtue.

To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea.

All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue.

Virtue she finds too painful an endeavour, content to dwell in decencies for ever.

God is the same God, always and everywhere. He is omnipresent not virtually only, but also substantially, for virtue cannot subsist without substance.

Chastity does not mean abstention from sexual wrong; it means something flaming, like Joan of Arc.

There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment; there is no disease like covetousness, and no virtue like mercy.

Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing.

Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.

Blessedness is not the reward of virtue but virtue itself.

There is no substitute for talent. Industry and all its virtues are of no avail.

Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition.

There never was a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.

Modesty is the color of virtue.

To realize that you do not understand is a virtue; Not to realize that you do not understand is a defect.

No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death. He and his are not neglected by the gods.

The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth; it is the beginning of disorder.

Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.

Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative.

I believe this government cannot endure permanently, half slave and half free.

Most dangerous is that temptation that doth goad us on to sin in loving virtue.

Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures.

Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character.

Hawaiian music is beautiful and simple.

The most effective prayers are usually the simple prayers.

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.

Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts.

Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.

Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.