Virtues

Famous quotes containing the word virtues:

“What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“These are the arks, the trophies, I erect,
That fortify thy name against old age;
And these thy sacred virtues must protect
Against the dark and Time’s consuming rage.”
—Samuel Daniel (1562–1619)

“There are few instances of the exercise of particular virtues which seem harder to attain to, or which appear more amiable and engaging in themselves, than those of moderation and the forgiveness of injuries.”
—Laurence Sterne (1713–1768)