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Who sows virtue reaps honor.

Honor is the reward of virtue.

Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.

To be ambitious of true honor, of the true glory and perfection of our natures, is the very principle and incentive of virtue.

Virtue is harmony.

Virtue is the truest nobility.

The name and pretense of virtue is as serviceable to self-interest as are real vices.

Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.

When virtue is at liberty, so to some extent is vice.

Virtue comes by nature, learning, and practice, and thanks to virtue, all of the aforesaid may deserve approval.