Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues.

To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.

I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and possessions.

Of all feats of skill the most difficult is that of being honest.

Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue.

The virtue of a man ought to be measured not by his extraordinary exertions, but by his every-day conduct.

Patience is a virtue as they say and listening is an exercise in patience.

Every day is a good day, not only Good Friday. Every day is a holy day, not only Holy Thursday. Be holy and do good every day.

Marriage and family life give us constant opportunities to deny ourselves for the sake of others. And yet self-denial is not a mask for self-contempt, but the necessary means for achieving...

Whoever finds the goodness of grace, departs from wicked acts of evil.

The noble-minded worry about their lack of ability, not about people's failure to recognize their ability.

How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbour says or does or thinks, but only at what he does himself, to make it just and holy.

Philip had received little kindness in his life, and he was touched by the American's desire to help him: once when a cold kept him in bed for three days, Weeks nursed him like a mother. There was...

Evil one may attain easily and in abundance: smooth is the way and it dwellth very nigh. But in front of virtue have the deathless gods set sweat: long is the way thereto and steep and rough at first....

Compassion quickly arises from noble hearts that feel the sharp stings suffered by others as if in their own flesh.

How quickly compassion invades noble hearts!

The ruthlessness of the godly invalidated their claims of virtue.

As I was to learn, patience and latitude and even humility are, paradoxically, the handmaidens of wealth, because virtue is costly only for those who own nothing else.

A city is not adorned by external things, but by the virtue of those who dwell in it.

Lying becomes a virtue in the presence of women