We set no special value on the possession of a virtue until we percieve that it is entirely lacking in our adversary.

We do not place especial value on the possession of a virtue until we notice its total absence in our opponent.

When virtue has slept, it will arise again all the fresher.

All good things were at one time bad things; every original sin has developed into an original virtue.

Socrate considérait que c'est un mal qui n'est pas loin de la folie, de s'imaginer que l'on possède une vertu, alors qu'on ne la possède pas. Certes, une pareille illusion est plus dangereuse que l'illusion contraire qui consiste à croire que l'on souffre d'un défaut, d'un vice.
Deuxième Considération intempestive, ch. 6

Let the young soul survey its own life with a view of the following question: ‘What have you truly loved thus far? What has ever uplifted your soul, what has dominated and delighted it at the same time?