Only the brave know how to forgive; it is the most refined and generous pitch of virtue human nature can arrive at.

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

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.

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.

To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.

Truth is the secret of eloquence and of virtue, the basis of moral authority; it is the highest summit of art and life.

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

Men are equal it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.

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

A tragic situation exists precisely when virtue does not triumph but when it is still felt that man is nobler than the forces which destroy him.

Aspire to the principal, behave with virtue, abide by benevolence, and immerse yourself in the arts.

Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue.

People with virtue must speak out; people who speak are not all virtuous.

Virtue is never left to stand alone. He who has it will have neighbors.

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

The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.

Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.