Against Diseases here, the strongest Fence, Is the defensive Virtue, Abstinence.

Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.

Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

I think all the heretics I have known have been virtuous men. They have the virtue of fortitude, or they would not venture to own their heresy; and they cannot afford to be deficient in any of the other virtues, as they would give advantage to their many enemies; and they have not, like orthodox sinners, such a number of friends to excuse or justify them.

To be proud of virtue, is to poison yourself with the Antidote.