Nobody should trust their virtue with necessity the force of which is never known till it is felt and it is therefore one of the first duties to avoid the temptation of it.

In this world shipmates sin that pays its way can travel freely and without passport whereas Virtue if a pauper is stopped at all frontiers.

Sometimes we need to remind ourselves that thankfulness is indeed a virtue.

All sympathy not consistent with acknowledged virtue is but disguised selfishness.

It is in our faults and failings not in our virtues that we touch each other and find sympathy. It is in our follies that we are one.

Success makes men rigid and they tend to exalt stability over all the other virtues tired of the effort of willing they become fanatics about conservatism.

Perseverance - a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.

Strength was the virtue of paganism obedience is the virtue of Christianity.

The weapon of the Republic is terror and virtue is its strength.

The virtue of paganism was strength the virtue of Christianity is obedience.