The virtuous delight in the virtuous; but he who is destitute of the practice of virtue delighteth not in the virtuous. The bee retireth from the forest to the lotus, whilst the frog is destitute of shelter. Hitopadesa.
The virtuous man, from his justice and the affection he hath for mankind, is the dispeller of sorrow and pain. Hitopadesa.
The virtuous soul is pure and unmixed light, springing from the body as a flash of lightning darts from the cloud; the soul that is carnal and immersed in sense, like a heavy and dank vapour, can with difficulty be kindled, and caused to raise its eyes heavenward. Heraclitus.
The visible creation is the terminus or the circumference of the invisible world. Emerson.
The vitality of man is great. Carlyle. 5
The voice of conscience is so delicate that it is easy to stifle it; but it is also so clear that it is impossible to mistake it. Mme. de Staël.
The voice of prophecies is like that of whispering-places; they who are near hear nothing, those at the first extremity will know all. Sir Thomas Browne.
The voice of the majority is no proof of justice. Schiller.
The voice of the people ought always to meet with attention, though it does not always claim obedience. Fox.
The vulgar estimate themselves by what they 10 do; the noble by what they are. Schiller.