Virtue is like health: the harmony of the whole man.

Be in general virtuous, and you will be happy.

Virtue is an angel, but she is a blind one, and must ask Knowledge to show her the pathway that leads to her goal.

Blushing is the color of virtue.

And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.

What's given shines,
What's receiv'd is rusty.

To be able to practice five things everywhere under heaven constitutes perfect virtue. They are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness and kindness.

The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.

He that has energy enough to root out a vice should go further, and try to plant a virtue in its place.

Humility is the solid foundation of all virtues.

I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue; he approaches nearest to gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

Truth, and goodness, and beauty are but different faces of the same all.

No people can be great who have ceased to be virtuous.

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.

One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.

Virtue does not come from wealth, but… wealth, and every other good thing which men have… comes from virtue.

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.

Any of us can achieve virtue, if by virtue we merely mean the avoidance of the vices that do not attract us.

Virtue treads paths that end not in the grave.

The power of a man’s virtue should not be measured by his special efforts, but by his ordinary doing.

Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.

The most precious treasure is virtue.

What is virtue? It is to hold yourself to your fullest development as a person and as a responsible member of the human community.

The only reward of virtue is virtue.

Virtue is the fount whence honour springs.

Virtue is health, vice is sickness.

Respect for self is the beginning of cultivating virtue in men and women.

Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones. I am not afraid.

Practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty.

O let us still the secret joy partake, to follow virtue even for virtue’s sake.