Virtue is the only true nobility.

When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary

Rebellion per se is not a virtue. If it were, we would have some heroes on very low levels.

Search others for their virtue, and yourself for your vices.

There is also an artificial aristocracy founded on wealth and birth, without either virtue or talents; for with these it would belong to the first class

Happiness is secured through virtue; it is a good attained by man's own will.