Virtues of a more exalted mould

We do not very often come across opportunities for
exercising strength, magnanimity, or magnificence;
but gentleness, temperance, modesty, and humility,
are graces which ought to colour everything we do.
There may be virtues of a more exalted mould, but...
these are the most continually called for in daily life.
- François de Sales (1567-1622),
Introduction to the Devout Life