The virtue of man is, in a word, the great proof of God.

Virtue unites man with God.

Virtue survives death.

Virtue is a sure anchor.

Beauty without virtue is a rose without scent.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

Heaven made virtue; man, the appearance.

We must not forget that our vocation is to practice virtue that men are won to it; it is possible to be morally upright repulsively.

We have been fortunate enough to live at a time when virtue, though it does not triumph, is nonetheless not always tormented by attack dogs. Beaten down, sickly, virtue has now been allowed to enter in all its tatters and sit in the corner, as long as it doesn't raise its voice.

I am no herald to inquire of men's pedigrees; it sufficeth me if I know their virtues.

A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner but more durable metal.

Virtue is like precious odours,-most fragrant when they are incensed or crushed.

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fine actions than in the nonperformance of base ones.

A state of temperance, sobriety and justice without devotion is a cold, lifeless, insipid condition of virtue, and is rather to be styled philosophy than religion.

Public virtue cannot exist in a nation without private, and public virtue is the only foundation of republics.

All sober inquirers after truth, ancient and modern, pagan and Christian, have declared that the happiness of man, as well as his dignity, consists in virtue.

Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it.

Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.

The highest virtue is always against the law.

Try not to be a person of success, but rather a person of virtue.