Vice deceives us when dressed in the garb of virtue.
Integrity is praised, and starves.
The only path to a tranquil life is through virtue. [Lat., Semita certe Tranquillae per virtutem patet unica vitae.]
Vice can deceive under the guise and shadow of virtue.
Dare to do something worth of exile and prison if you mean to be anybody. Virtue is praised and left to freeze. [Lat., Aude aliquid brevibus Gyaris et carcere dignum Si vis esse aliquis. Probitas laudatur et alget.]
Virtue is the only and true nobility. [Lat., Nobilitas sola est atque unica virtus.]
The thirst after fame is greater than that after virtue; for who embraces virtue if you take away its rewards?
One path alone leads to a life of peace. The path of virtue.
So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.
The thirst for fame is much greater than that for virtue; for who would embrace virtue itself if you take away its rewards? [Lat., Tanto major famae sitis est quam Virtutis: quis enim virtutem amplectitur ipsam Praemia se tollas.]
