“Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues.”

“The virtue of prosperity is temperance, the virtue of adversity is fortitude.”

“Money, it is often said, does not bring happiness; it must be added, however, that it makes it possible to support unhappiness with exemplary fortitude.”

“Patriotism is as much a virtue as justice, and is as necessary for the support of societies as natural affection is for the support of families.”

“Lucy had to guard her reputation - her reputation for sanity - the way that a woman a hundred years before would have had to guard her reputation for virtue.”

“Life without thankfulness is devoid of love and passion. Hope without thankfulness is lacking in fine perception. Faith without thankfulness lacks strength and fortitude. Every virtue divorced from thankfulness is maimed and limps along the spiritual road.”