“That virtue which requires to be ever guarded is scarce worth the sentinel.”

“True love is timid, as it knew its worth,
And that such happiness is scarce for earth.”

“Speed is scarcely the noblest virtue of graphic composition, but it has its curious rewards. There is a sense of getting somewhere fast, which satisfies a native American urge.”

“Scarcely anything in literature is worth a damn except what is written between the lines.”

“Empathy is a virtue which, when it only goes from parent to child, and is not required of the child, becomes a vice.”

“Virtue by premeditation isn't worth much.”

“Patience is only a virtue when there is something worth waiting for.”

“The winning of honor, is but the revealing of a man's virtue and worth, without disadvantage.”

“There is a common, worldly kind of Christianity in this day, which many have, and think they have enough-a cheap Christianity which offends nobody, and requires no sacrifice-which costs nothing, and is worth nothing.”

“The vision of the Divine presence ever takes the form which our circumstances most require.”