Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! virtue is at
hand.--_Confucius._
Virtues that shun the day and lie concealed in the smooth seasons and
the calm of life.--_Addison._
That virtue which requires to be ever guarded is scarce worth the
sentinel.--_Goldsmith._
Why expect that extraordinary virtues should be in one person united,
when one virtue makes a man extraordinary? Alexander is eminent for his
courage; Ptolemy for his wisdom; Scipio for his continence; Trajan for
his love of truth; Constantius for his temperance.--_Zimmermann._
Virtue dwells at the head of a river, to which we cannot get but by
rowing against the stream.--_Feltham._
Our virtues live upon our income, our vices consume our capital.--_J.
Petit Senn._
Wealth is a weak anchor, and glory cannot support a man; this is the law
of God, that virtue only is firm, and cannot be shaken by a
tempest.--_Pythagoras._