Virtue, the strength and beauty of the soul,
Is the best gift of heaven; a happiness
That, even above the smiles and frowns of fate,
Exalts great Nature's favorites; a wealth
That ne'er encumbers, nor can be transferr'd.


Forty Thousand Quotations: Prose and Poetical (1917)


Virtue, the strength and beauty of the soul, Is the best gift of heaven; a happiness That, even above the smiles and frowns of fate, Exalts great...

Virtue, the strength and beauty of the soul, Is the best gift of heaven; a happiness That, even above the smiles and frowns of fate, Exalts great...

Virtue, the strength and beauty of the soul, Is the best gift of heaven; a happiness That, even above the smiles and frowns of fate, Exalts great...

Virtue, the strength and beauty of the soul, Is the best gift of heaven; a happiness That, even above the smiles and frowns of fate, Exalts great...