--COLLINS.
The only impregnable citadel of virtue is religion; for there is no
bulwark of mere morality which some temptation may not overtop, or
undermine and destroy.--SIR P. SIDNEY.
Virtue is not to be considered in the light of mere innocence, or
abstaining from harm; but as the exertion of our faculties in doing
good.--BISHOP BUTLER.
What nothing earthly gives, or can destroy,
The soul's calm sunshine, and the heart-felt joy,
Is virtue's prize.
--POPE.
Live virtuously, my lord, and you cannot die too soon, nor live too
long.--LADY RACHEL RUSSELL.
If you can be well without health, you can be happy without virtue.
--BURKE.
Recommend to your children virtue; that alone can make happy, not
gold.--BEETHOVEN.
I would be virtuous for my own sake, though nobody were to know it; as
I would be clean for my own sake, though nobody were to see me.
--SHAFTESBURY.
Know then this truth, enough for man to know,
Virtue alone is happiness below.
--POPE.
An effort made with ourselves for the good of others, with the
intention of pleasing God alone.--BERNARDIN DE ST. PIERRE.
Good sense, good health, good conscience, and good fame,--all these
belong to virtue, and all prove that virtue has a title to your
love.--COWPER.
Our virtues live upon our incomes; our vices consume our capital.
--J. PETIT-SENN.
Do not be troubled because you have not great virtues.
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