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Virtue: Quotations from Shakespearian Quotations

Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.— M. M. iii. 1.

But virtue, as it never will be mov'd, Though lewdness court it in a shape of heaven; So lust, though to a radiant angel link'd, Will sate itself in a celestial bed, And prey on garbage.— H. i. 5.

Never could the strumpet, With all her double vigour, art, and nature, Once stir my temper; but this virtuous maid Subdues me quite: Ever, till now, When men were fond, I smil'd, and wonder'd how.— M. M. ii. 2.

Assume a virtue, if you have it not. That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat Of habit's devil, is angel yet in this; That to the use of actions fair and good He likewise gives a frock, or livery, That aptly is put on.— H. iii. 4.

Virtue is of so little regard in these costermonger times, that true valour is turned bear-herd.— H. IV. PT. II. i. 2.

And Ability

I held it ever, Virtue and cunning were endowments greater Than nobleness and riches: careless heirs May the two latter darken and expend; But immortality attends the former, Making a man a god.— P. P. iii. 2.

Rewarded

Virtue preserv'd from fell destruction's blast, Led on by heaven, and crown'd with joy at last.— P.P. v. Ep.