Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful. Read Summary
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall. Read Summary
Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them. Read Summary
Virtue has a veil, vice a mask. Read Summary
Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice. Read Summary
A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice. Read Summary
When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary. Read Summary
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom. Read Summary
Happiness is secured through virtue; it is a good attained by man's own will. Read Summary
It is not living that matters, but living rightly. Read Summary
While the soul is in mortal sin, nothing can profit it; none of its good works merit an eternal reward, since they do not proceed from God as their first principle, and by Him alone is our virtue real virtue. Read Summary
God has been very good to me, for I never dwell upon anything wrong which a person has done, so as to remember it afterwards. If I do remember it, I always see some other virtue in that person. Read Summary
Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance. Read Summary
The Scoutmaster who is a hero to his boys holds a powerful lever to their development but at the same time brings a great responsibility on himself. They are quick enough to see the smallest characteristic about him, whether it be a virtue or a vice. Read Summary
The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education. Read Summary
All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue. Read Summary
Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its virtue. Read Summary
There is no virtue in compulsory government charity, and there is no virtue in advocating it. A politician who portrays himself as 'caring' and 'sensitive' because he wants to expand the government's charitable programs is merely saying that he's willing to try to do good with other people's money. Read Summary
Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious. Read Summary
The fact is that a man who wants to act virtuously in every way necessarily comes to grief among so many who are not virtuous. Read Summary