Moral excellence and righteousness is worth more than all the gold in the world.

virtue and virtual difference: mostly historically through Latin. Today, virtue and virtual mean very different things. Both ultimately connect to Latin virtus, which meant something like excellence, strength, courage, or worth. The words then developed in different directions: virtue → excellence of character → moral goodness, courage, wisdom, etc. virtual → something having the power/effect of something without necessarily being literally or physically that thing. That second meaning explains the modern word virtual. For example: > “She is the virtual leader of the group.” Originally, this kind of usage means: she isn't officially the leader, but in effect she functions as the leader. From there we get virtual reality: something that isn't physically the reality it represents, but functions or appears as if it were. Interestingly, virtual originally had nothing specifically to do with computers. Computers gave an old word a new, very prominent application. So: virtue → excellence/quality virtual → having the effect or power of something They are linguistic relatives, but their modern meanings have moved quite far apart.