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Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men’s imperfections, and conceal your own.

All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue.

The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage.

We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect the needful duties of active life; for it is only action that gives a true value and commendation to virtue.

Perfection of moral virtue does not wholly take away the passions, but regulates them.

Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.

The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.

Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows.

Purity of speech, of the mind, of the senses, and of a compassionate heart are needed by one who desires to rise to the divine platform.

The superior man is the providence of the inferior. He is eyes for the blind, strength for the weak, and a shield for the defenseless. He stands erect by bending above the fallen. He rises by lifting others.