Courage is the mother of all virtues because without it, you cannot consistently perform the others.
There is more both of beauty and of raison d'etre in the works of nature- than in those of art.
Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.
Virtue makes us aim at the right end, and practical wisdom makes us take the right means.
It is the repeated performance of just and temperate actions that produces virtue.
Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope.