| 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. |
| Beware of making your moral staple consist of the negative virtues. |
| Virtue is insufficient temptation. |
| Virtue is praised, but hated. People run from it, for it is ice-cold and in this world you have to keep your feet warm. |
| Blushing is the color of virtue. |