There needs not strength to be added to inviolate chastity; the excellency of the mind makes the body impregnable.
Sir P. Sidney
A pure, excellent mind makes the body itself resistant to corruption.
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Chastity enables the soul to breathe a pure air in the foulest places. Continence makes her strong, no matter in what co…
— Joubert
A pure mind in a chaste body is the mother of wisdom and deliberation; sober counsels and ingenuous actions; open deport…
— Jeremy Taylor
A blush is a sign that nature hangs out, to show where chastity and honor dwell.
— Gotthold
Nothing makes a woman more esteemed by the opposite sex, than chastity.
— Addison
Hypocrisy is the homage that vice pays to virtue.
— Unknown
The last, best fruit that comes late to perfection, even in the kindliest soul, is tenderness toward the hard, forbearan…
— Richter
