Were there but one virtuous man in the world, he would hold up his head with confidence and honor; he would shame the world, and not the world him.

Organized crime in America takes in over forty billion dollars a year and spends very little on office supplies.

Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves.

To be able under all circumstances to practice five things constitutes perfect virtue; these five things are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness and kindness.

Vanity is the quicksand of reason.

Vanity makes us do more things against inclination than reason.

The general cry is against ingratitude, but the complaint is misplaced, it should be against vanity; none but direct villains are capable of willful ingratitude; but almost everybody is capable of thinking he hath done more that another deserves, while the other thinks he hath received less than he deserves.

Offended vanity is the great separator in social life.

Those who live on vanity must, not unreasonably, expect to die of mortification.

To ask for advice is in nine cases out of ten to ask for flattery.