Benjamin Franklin Quotes

There never was a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.

Great and good are seldom the same man.

Virtue is the truest nobility.

Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.

Virtue is harmony.

They err … who think that virtue consists of words .. good actions are the glory of virtue.

He was as great as a man can be without morality

There is no virtue so truly great and godlike as justice.

There is no real excellence in all of this world which can be separated from right living.

Virtue is reason which has become energy.

Virtue is the fount whence honour springs.

We do not despise all those who have vices, but we do despise those that have no virtue.

Worthy of honor is he who does no injustice, and more than twofold honor, if he not only does no injustice himself, but hinders others from doing any.

For as much as to understand and to be mighty are great qualities, the higher that they be, they are so much the less to be esteemed if goodness also abound not in the possessor.

Purity in person and in morals is true godliness.

High moral character is not a precondition for great moral accomplishments.

They're only truly great who are truly good.

Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.

Virtue is defined to be mediocrity, of which either extreme is vice.

To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.

To do nothing evil is good; to wish nothing evil is better.

There is no true gracefulness which is not epitomized goodness.

The just man walks in his integrity

It is not by his faults, but by his excellences, that we measure a great man.