_vita honesta (turpis)_—a virtuous (immoral) life.
_honesta expetere; turpia fugere_—to follow virtue; to flee from vice.
_virtute praeditum, ornatum esse_ (opp. _vitiis obrutum esse_)—to be
virtuous.
_viam virtutis ingredi_ (Off. 1. 32. 118)—to walk in the ways of virtue.
_omnia consilia et facta ad virtutem referre_[1] (Phil. 10. 10. 20)—to
make virtue the standard in every thought and act.
_virtutem sequi, virtutis studiosum esse_—to strive to attain virtue.
_virtutis perfectae perfecto munere fungi_ (Tusc. 1. 45. 109)—to live
a perfect life.
_virtutem pristinam retinere_—to live as scrupulously moral a life as
ever.
_nihil ex pristina virtute remittere_—to live as scrupulously moral a
life as ever.
_summum bonum_[2] _in virtute ponere_—to consider virtue the highest
good.
_virtus hoc habet, ut..._—this is a characteristic of virtue, it...
_a virtute discedere_ or _deficere_—to deviate from the path of virtue.
_honestatem deserere_—to deviate from the path of virtue.
_a maiorum virtute desciscere, degenerare, deflectere_—to deteriorate.
_a parentibus degenerare_—to degenerate (from one's ancestors).
_corrumpi, depravari_—to be demoralised, corrupted.
_excitare aliquem ad virtutem_—to rouse in some one an enthusiasm for
virtue.
_bonitas_ (Fin. 5. 29. 65)—kindheartedness.
_naturae bonitas_ (Off. 1. 32. 118)—innate goodness, kindness.
_naturae bona_—natural advantages.
[1] For "thoughts and deeds," cf. Or. 3. 43. 182 _mores instituta et
facta_; Prov. Cons. 8. 20 _consilia et facta_; Fin. 2. 14. 5 _studia
et facta_; Verr. 5. 14. 35 _mentes hominum et cogitationes_.
[2] Note too _finis bonorum et malorum_ = the highest good and the
greatest evil.