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Virtues, of ... Justice: Wrong none by doing injuries or omitting the benefits that are your duty.

In proportion as a man is selfish, so far has he receded from the motive which constitutes virtue.

The time has arrived when patience becomes a crime and mayhem appears garbed in a manner of virtue

Accuracy to a newspaper is what virtue is to a lady; but a newspaper can always print a retraction.

Just as riches are an impediment to virtue in the wicked, so in the good they are an aid of virtue.

Accuracy to a newspaper is what virtue is to a lady; but a newspaper can always print a retraction.

Tolerance it a tremendous virtue, but the immediate neighbors of tolerance are apathy and weakness.

I would say that by virtue of transforming politics, [Dalai Lama] is in fact easily underestimated.

...happiness is an activity and a complete utilization of virtue, not conditionally but absolutely.

One's virtue is all that one truly has, because it is not imperiled by the vicissitudes of fortune.

No place is ugly to those who understand the virtues and sweetness of everything that God has made.

Some people are commended for a giddy kind of good-humor, which is as much a virtue as drunkenness.

Corrupt citizens breed corrupt rulers, and it is the mob who finally decides when virtue shall die.

Accuracy is to a newspaper what virtue is to a lady, but a newspaper can always print a retraction.

The bread while becoming by virtue of Christ's words the body of Christ does not cease to be bread.

Epitaph: An inscription on a tomb showing that virtues acquired by death have a retroactive effect.

Virtue, though she gets her beginning from nature, yet receives her finishing touches from learning.

Courage is the mother of all virtues because without it, you cannot consistently perform the others.

The camel has his virtues - so much at least must be admitted; but they do not lie upon the surface.

It takes a vice to check a vice, and virtue is the by-product of a stalemate between opposite vices.

There are few virtues that the Poles do not possess and there are few errors they have ever avoided.

In the absence of willpower the most complete collection of virtues and talents is wholly worthless.

It is the admirer of himself, and not the admirer of virtue, that thinks himself superior to others.

Whatever you do, do it gently and unhurriedly, because virtue is not a pear to be eaten in one bite.

Her virtue was that she said what she thought, her vice that what she thought didn't amount to much.

He who would govern his actions by the laws of virtue must regulate his thoughts by those of reason.

Writers tend to consider distinction and originality as virtues, but they are anathema to publishers.

In every Revolution a dictator is needed to save the state by force, or censors to save it by virtue.

Our culture peculiarly honors the act of blaming, which it takes as the sign of virtue and intellect.

That was one of the virtues of being a pessimist: nothing was ever as bad as you thought it would be.

The resistance of a woman is not always a proof of her virtue, but more frequently of her experience.

Knowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.

Recommend virtue to your children; it alone, not money, can make them happy. I speak from experience.

Peace, though beloved of our Lord, is a cardinal virtue only if your neighbors share your conscience.

The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal.

Cheerfulness is a very great help in fostering the virtue of charity. Cheerfulness itself is a virtue.

The moral cement of all society is virtue; it unites and preserves, while vice separates and destroys.

The more equality there is established among men, the more virtue and happiness will reign in society.

It is easier to enrich ourselves with a thousand virtues, than to correct ourselves of a single fault.

Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.

When well-being comes from engaging our strengths and virtues, our lives are imbued with authenticity.

I can't count the men who have tried to seduce me away from my virtue by teaching me how to defend it.

There is a heroism in crime as well as in virtue. Vice and infamy have their altars and their religion.

Silver is less valuable than gold, gold than virtue. [Lat., Vilius argentum est auro virtutibus aurum.]

I'd like to know what law is it that says that a woman is a better parent, simply by virtue of her sex.

He that has energy enough to root out a vice should go further, and try to plant a virtue in its place.

Good-faith re-examination of a position you've held in the past should be seen as a virtue, not a vice.

Authenticity is a virtue. But just as you can have too little authenticity, you can also have too much.

If you live long enough, you get accused of things you never did and praised for virtues you never had.

Clever talk can confound the workings of virtue, just as small impatiences can confound great projects.

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