Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I look for these qualities and characteristics in people. Honesty is number one, respect, and absolutely the third would have to be loyalty.
The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.
Men value things in three ways: as useful, as pleasant or sources of pleasure, and as excellent, or as intrinsically admirable or honorable.
Each man must grant himself the emotions that he needs and the morality that suits him.
Respect all manner of men regardless of their station in life. Compassion is one of the greatest virtues.
Moral courage is higher and a rarer virtue than physical courage.
Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.
There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.
The moral and political principles that govern men are derived from three sources: revelation, natural law, and the artificial conventions of society. With regard to its main purpose, there is no comparison between the first and the others; but all three are alike in that they all lead towards happiness in this mortal life.
Modesty and unselfishness - these are the virtues which men praise - and pass by.