Heroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage; the greatest braggarts are generally the merest cowards.Jean-Jacques Rousseau
An excellent man, like precious metal, is in every way invariable; A villain, like the beams of a balance, is always varying, upwards and downwards.John Locke
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.Diogenes