Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.

Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.

Virtue, I grant you, is an empty boast;
But shall the dignity of vice be lost?

Virtue, I grant you, is an empty boast;
But shall the dignity of vice be lost?

One big vice in a man is apt to keep out a great many smaller ones.

One big vice in a man is apt to keep out a great many smaller ones.

This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man.

This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man.

Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.

Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.

And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.

And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.

Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.

Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.

Ill habits gather by unseen degrees,As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.

Ill habits gather by unseen degrees,As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.

The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.

The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.