Dare to do something worth of exile and prison if you mean to be anybody. Virtue is praised and left to freeze. [Lat., Aude aliquid brevibus Gyaris et carcere dignum Si vis esse aliquis. Probitas laudatur et alget.]
Bad men hate sin through fear of punishment; good men hate sin through their love of virtue.
Your prayer must be for a healthy mind in a sound body. Ask for a brave soul that has no fear of death, deems length of life the least of nature's gifts and is able to bear any kind of sufferings, knows neither wrath nor desire and believes the woes and hard labors of Hercules better than the loves and feasts and downy cushions of Sardanapalus. Reveal what you are able to give yourself; the only path to a life of tranquility lies through virtue.
Integrity is praised, and starves.
One path alone leads to a life of peace. The path of virtue.
Vice deceives us when dressed in the garb of virtue.
The only path to a tranquil life is through virtue. [Lat., Semita certe Tranquillae per virtutem patet unica vitae.]
Rarely they rise by virtue's aid who lie plunged in the depth of helpless poverty.
The thirst after fame is greater than that after virtue; for who embraces virtue if you take away its rewards?
So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.
Vice can deceive under the guise and shadow of virtue.
Virtue is the only and true nobility. [Lat., Nobilitas sola est atque unica virtus.]
Fond man! though all the heroes of your line Bedeck your halls, and round your galleries shine In proud display; yet take this truth from me-- Virtue alone is true nobility!
The thirst for fame is much greater than that for virtue; for who would embrace virtue itself if you take away its rewards? [Lat., Tanto major famae sitis est quam Virtutis: quis enim virtutem amplectitur ipsam Praemia se tollas.]
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