Many wish not so much to be virtuous, as to seem to be

Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.

In the approach to virtue there are many steps. [Lat., In virtute sunt multi adscensus.]

It is the stain and disgrace of the age to envy virtue, and to be anxious to crush the very flower of dignity. [Lat., Est haec saeculi labes quaedam et macula virtuti invidere, velle ipsum florem dignitatis infringere.]

Fewer possess virtue, than those who wish us to believe that they possess it. [Lat., Virtute enim ipsa non tam multi praediti esse, quam videri volunt.]

Honor is the reward of virtue. [Lat., Honor est premium virtutis.]