We bow with resignation beneath the tempestuous storms of life; but a daily vexation, like a moth eating a garment, consumes our virtue. – Anonymous, Aphorisms; or, A Glance at Human Nature, in Original Maxims, 1820

The highest virtue found in the tropics is chastity, and in the colder regions, temperance. – Christian Nevell Bovee

The vices we scoff at in others, laugh at us within ourselves. – Thomas Edward Brown

Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved. – Aristotle