“The true test of civilization is, not the census, nor the size of cities, nor the crops—no, but the kind of man the country turns out.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (verified)
“The reward of a thing well done, is to have done it.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson (verified)“Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.”
— Benjamin Franklin (verified)“Virtue and happiness are mother and daughter.”
— Benjamin Franklin (verified)“Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters.”
— Benjamin Franklin (verified)“The man who practices virtue only in the hope of gaining reputation, is toying with vice.”
— Napoleon Bonaparte (verified, secondary source)