I have many times been praised for my lack of animosity towards the Germans. It's not a philosophical virtue. It's a habit of having my second reacti….

The greater a man is in power above others, the more he ought to excel them in virtue. None ought to govern who is not better than the governed..

I can't expect others to share my virtues. It's good enough for me if they share my vices..

A poet, as he is the author to others of the highest wisdom, pleasure, virtue, and glory, so he ought personally to be the happiest, the best, the wi….

Nationalism, like virtue, has its own reward..

Temperance to be a virtue must be free, and not forced..

Rare is the virtue that's not ruled by Fortune, That stands unshaken even when Fortune flees..

Human nature is pretty well balanced; for every lacking virtue there is a rough substitute that will serve at a pinch--as cunning is the wisdom of th….

I don't call myself a writer..

I learn a lot; what I learn cannot be expressed in words..

Extremism is the pursuit of the presidency is an unpardonable vice. Moderation in the affairs of the nation is the highest virtue..

We never get so near God as when we plead for others..

The great theatre for virtue is conscience..

I'm fully aware that every time I do anything, good or bad, somebody's watching..

Is everyone as wrong about me as I am about them?.

Drink wine, drink poetry, drink virtue..

Good government is the outcome of private virtue..

Saving the virtues includes all other advantages.

Watergate is the great liberal illusion that you can have public virtue without private morality..

We are called not to adjust ourselves to each other, but to adjust ourselves to God..

The coolest thing you can become is yourself..