βMorality is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness.β
Immanuel Kant
βMorality is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness.β
βFirst secure an independent income, then practice virtue.β
βI prefer an accommodating vice to an obstinate virtue.β
βAll commend patience, but none can endure to suffer.β
βA virtuous heretic shall be saved before a wicked Christian.β
βBeauty without virtue is like a rose without scent.β
βThe return we reap from generous actions is not always evident.β
βThe virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.β
βAssociate with the good and you will be one of them.β
βHe that can have patience can have what he will.β
βWish not so much to live long as to live well.β
βThe value of a man resides in what he gives and not in what he is capable of receiving.β
βTry not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value.β
βHumility is the foundation of all virtues.β
βThe true wealth of a man is the good he does in this world.β