Some are born virtuous, some become virtuous. To be good by nature is indeed fortunate but to become good is like walking on a double-edged sword; it takes a longer time and is more painful.
One beautiful diamond is worth more than a mountain of stones, and one virtuous act of acquiescence and submission is better than an abundance of good works done for others.
Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?
Many wish not so much to be virtuous, as to seem to be.
O you virtuous owle, The wise Minerva's only fowle.
It is not by change of place that we can come nearer to Him who is in every place, but by the cultivation of pure desires and virtuous habits.
Powerful states can maintain themselves only by crime, little states are virtuous only by weakness.
Men who have slandered the opposite sex have usually known women who were cleverer and more virtuous than they are.
He is wise who can instruct us and assist us in the business of virtuous living.
If love be a god, why should not lovers be virtuous?
The challenge of ending displacement is inseparable from the challenge of establishing and maintaining peace. When wars end, farmers return to their fields; children return to school; violence against women declines; trade and economic activity resume; medical and other services become more accessible, and the international focus changes from relief to development and self-sufficiency. All this makes new wars less likely. It is a virtuous cycle that deserves nurture and support.
Tutors who make youth learned do not always make them virtuous.
It turns out that justices are also God’s children; and being of this world, their makeup consists of actual flesh and blood. They are no more noble or virtuous than the rest of us, and in some cases less so, as they suffer from the usual human imperfections and frailties. And the Court’s history proves it.
The most virtuous women have something within them, something that is never chaste.
To discover depravity in those whom we have loved, is one of the most exquisite tortures to a virtuous mind, and the conviction is often rejected before it is finally admitted.
The highest virtue is not virtuous. Therefore it has virtue. The lowest virtue holds on to virtue. Therefore it has no virtue.
The malice of the wicked was reinforced by the weakness of the virtuous.
Non-criminal sexual harassment on the job is not a problem for the virtuous woman except in the rarest of cases.
Let no man under value the price of a virtuous woman's counsel.
The true end of education is not only to make the young learned, but to make them love learning; not only to make them industrious, but to make them love industry; not only to make them virtuous, but to make them love virtue; not only to make them just, but to make them hunger and thirst after justice.