virtue Quotes

Noble deeds that are concealed are most esteemed.

Heaven and hell suppose two distinct species of men, the good and the bad. But the greatest part of mankind float betwixt vice and virtue.

The advantages found in history seem to be of three kinds, as it amuses the fancy, as it improves the understanding, and as it strengthens virtue.

Every religion is good that teaches man to be good; and I know of none that instructs him to be bad.

When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.

Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.

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.

Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.

To feel much for others and little for ourselves; to restrain our selfishness and exercise our benevolent affections, constitute the perfection of human nature.

Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience.