“Total consistency is an appalling virtue.”
“What men call adventures usually consist of the stoical endurance of appalling daily misery.”
“Consistency is a virtue for trains: what we want from a philosopher is insights, whether he comes by them consistently or not.”
“Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.”
“Courage is the mother of all virtues because without it, you cannot consistently perform the others.”
“Consider, that no jewel upon earth is comparable to a woman of virtue and honor; and, that the honor of the sex consists in the fair characters they maintain.”