Quotes by Piety Piety softens all that courage bears. Sophie Swetchine piety bears We must labor unceasingly to render our piety reasonable, and our reason pious. Sophie Swetchine piety labor reason Let us learn upon earth those things which can call us to heaven. St. Jerome piety earth heaven Beards in olden times, were the emblems of wisdom and piety. Thomas B. Macaulay emblems piety beard The weaker sex, to piety more prone. William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling piety sex «12