“A city is not adorned by external things, but by the virtue of those who dwell in it.”
“Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?”
“The highest good is a mind that scorns the happenings of chance, and rejoices only in virtue.”
“Virtue is not vouchsafed to a soul unless that soul has been trained and taught, and by unremitting practice brought to perfection.”
“No man’s good by accident. Virtue has to be learnt.”
“Virtue is according to nature; vice is opposed to it and hostile.”
“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.”
“Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.”
“Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretence.”
“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.”