“Goodness is beauty in the best estate”
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“Goodness is beauty in the best estate”
“Rare is the union of beauty and purity ”
“Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart ”
“Happiness is a virtue, not its reward ”
“It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues”
“It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense ”
“Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality”
“Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in your subordinates”
“Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones”
“Peace is rarely denied to the peaceful”
“What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered ”
“When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even our virtues”
“The home is the chief school of human virtues”
“Fortune and love favor the brave”
“Love means to love that which is unlovable; or it is no virtue at all”
“Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it.”
“Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men”
“Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues”
“Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens ”
“Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?”