A mode of thought does not become 'critical' simply by attributing that label to itself, but by virtue of its content..

That which leads us to the performance of duty by offering pleasure as its reward, is not virtue, but a deceptive copy and imitation of virtue. [Lat.….

We protect virtue so that virtue will protect us..

Lowliness is the base of every virtue, And he who goes the lowest builds the safest..

Writing is simply something you must do. It's rather like virtue in that it is its own reward..

Beauty is the flower of virtue..

Virtue is the music of the soul, the harmony of the passions..

Great minds always tend to see virtue in misfortune..

You're fortunate when you can afford to be virtuous..

Patience is the courage of virtue..

The extremes of vice and virtue are alike detestable, and absolute virtue is as sure to kill a man as absolute vice is..

Both tolerance and respect are empty virtues until we actually understand whatever it is we are supposed to be tolerating or respecting..

For a guy who is always banging on about the masculine virtues, Nixon had this remarkable proclivity for very dainty gestures..

I've lived my life again just telling it to you..

Jealousy is a virtue of democracies which preserves them from tyrants..

We seldom speak of the virtue which we have, but much oftener of that which we lack..

The virtue which we appreciate, we to some extent appropriate..

If happiness, then, is activity expressing virtue, it is reasonable for it to express the supreme virtue, which will be the virtueof the best thing..

Pride thyself on what virtue thou hast, and not on thy parentage..

To be proud of virtue, is to poison yourself with the Antidote..

Nothing is illegal if one hundred businessmen decide to do it..