Messmer, the greatest of philosophers, the most virtuous of men, the physician of mankind, charitably opens his arms to all his fellow-mortals, who stand in need of comfort and assistance.

So will not I one; a Pox of her Virtue,these Women are always virtuous in a wrong place.

" "Not so, messire," sighed the rueful knight, "for when I chance to meet a gentle youth, young and well beseenas thou, bedight in goodly mail as thou, with knightly sword on thigh, why then, messire, 'tis ever my wont to declare unto him that she I honour is fairer, nobler, and altogether more worthy and virtuous than any other she soever, and to maintain that same against him, on horse or afoot, with lance, battle-axe or sword.

" "Thou art an excellent daughter, kind Gessina, and would make all others as virtuous as thyself.

To err is human; but contrition felt for the crime distinguishes the virtuous from the wicked.

His virtuous characters are virtuous by impulse only, and his ideal of character is manliness.

The girl tried to enforce her moral claim by asserting that she had always been virtuous before meeting Beauchene.

It would be an endless and thankless business, in a society of any size, even if it were possible, to attempt to reward the virtuous for their consideration in not breaking the laws.

She can be essentially virtuous with impunity.

We are informed, that the work of reformation ought not to be despatched with too much expedition, that mankind cannot possibly be made virtuous at once, and that they must be drawn off from their habits by just degrees, without the violence of a sudden change.

Such was their energy that they allowed no lazy person to live among them, and like their master they were skilled in every art of life and virtuous beyond the power of mortals.

He is free from many vices, by being not grown to the performance, and is only more virtuous out of weakness.

"Like an old peripatetic; and then she is virtuous to the ridiculous, like my sister Artemis.

"What am I so virtuous about?" said he.