Sin is commitable in thought, word or deed; so is virtue.
What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy.
A man hasn't got a corner on virtue just because his shoes are shined.
The imperfections of a man, his frailties, his faults, are just as important as his virtues.You can't separate them. They're wedded.
All of us are experts at practicing virtue at a distance.
Virtue is its own revenge.
Virtues are dangerous as vices insofar as they are allowed to rule over one as authorities and not as qualities one develops oneself.
Modesty and unselfishness - these are virtues which men praise and pass by.
He that has energy enough to root out a vice should go further, and try to plant a virtue in its place.
Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.
