Virtue is simply happiness, and happiness is a by-product of function. You are happy when you are functioning.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.
Virtue is an inner strength. It expands your nature.
Virtue is harmony.
Happiness is secured through virtue; it is a good attained by man's own will.
Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, We are happy when we are growing.
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 its own reward. We only invented concepts like heaven and hell to describe how we feel. We don't feel good doing bad and it's nice to help someone.
Know then this truth, enough for man to know virtue alone is happiness below.
I say that virtue is really all about enjoying yourself, living fully; but of course it is far from obvious what living fully actually means.
Virtue is akin to holiness, an attribute of godliness.