But yesterday the word of Caesar might
Have stood against the world; now lies he there,
And none so poor to do him reverence.
--_Shakespeare._
1986
I had rather be the first man in the village than the second man in
Rome.
--_Caesar._
1987
If you have performed an act of great and disinterested virtue, conceal
it; if you publish it, you will neither be believed here nor rewarded
hereafter.
1988
If there's a virtue in the world at which we should always aim, it is
cheerfulness.
--_Sir Edward B. Lytton._
1989
Our virtues disappear, said Rochefoucauld, when put in competition with
our interests, as rivers lose themselves in the ocean.
1990
Virtue, not pedigree, should characterize nobility.
--_From the Latin._
1991
The tones of human voices are mightier than strings or brass to move the
soul.
--_Krummacher._
1992