We can only write well about our sins because it is too difficult to recall a virtuous act or even whether it was the result of good or evil motives. ↗
What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue and the performance of virtuous actions. ↗
The world has never yet seen a truly great and virtuous nation because in the degradation of woman the very fountains of life are poisoned at their source. ↗