Virtue is defined to be mediocrity, of which either extreme is vice.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
When virtue is at liberty, so to some extent is vice.
The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
The name and pretense of virtue is as serviceable to self-interest as are real vices.
In order to know virtue, we must first acquaint ourselves with vice.
Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.
Many people think that virtue consists of severity towards others.
Virtue is something you have to get good at, like playing the trombone or tolerating bores at parties. Being a virtuous human being takes practice; and those who are brilliant at being human (what Christians call the saints) are the virtuosi of the moral sphere - the Pavarottis and Maradonas of virtue.
Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience.
Virtue is akin to holiness, an attribute of godliness.
Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.