Silver and gold are not the only coin; virtue too passes current all over the world.
Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves.
The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.
Virtue rejects facility to be her companion. She requires a craggy, rough and thorny way.
He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.
Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey.
Speed is scarcely the noblest virtue of graphic composition, but it has its curious rewards. There is a sense of getting somewhere fast, which satisfies a native American urge.
Conservation may be a sign of personal virtue, but it is not a sufficient basis for a sound, comprehensive energy policy.
Confidentiality is a virtue of the loyal, as loyalty is the virtue of faithfulness.
Within the confines of the lecture hall, no other virtue exists but plain intellectual integrity.
Power confuses itself with virtue and tends also to take itself for omnipotence.
Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.
The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.
This point seems counter-intuitive, given the amount of conspicuous vulgarity, vice, and immorality in America. Indeed some Islamic fundamentalists argue that their regimes are morally superior to the United States because they seek to foster virtue among the citizens.
The superior man does not, even for the space of a single meal, act contrary to virtue. In moments of haste, he cleaves to it. In seasons of danger, he cleaves to it.
Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.
Affliction is a school of virtue; it corrects levity, and interrupts the confidence of sinning.
To every object there correspond an ideally closed system of truths that are true of it and, on the other hand, an ideal system of possible cognitive processes by virtue of which the object and the truths about it would be given to any cognitive subject.
Plato said that virtue has no master. If a person does not honor this principle and rejoice in it, but is purchasable for money, he creates many masters for himself.
