Saint Augustine! well hast thou said,
That of our vices we can frame
A ladder, if we read more

Saint Augustine! well hast thou said,
That of our vices we can frame
A ladder, if we will but tread
Beneath our feet each deed of shame.

What maintains one vice would bring up two children.

What maintains one vice would bring up two children.

Every vice makes its guilt the more conspicuous in proportion to
the rank of the offender.
[Lat., Omne read more

Every vice makes its guilt the more conspicuous in proportion to
the rank of the offender.
[Lat., Omne animi vitium tanto conspectius in se
Crimen habet, quanto major qui peccat habetur.]

Vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.

Vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.

Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.

Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.

The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.

The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.

There will be vice as long as there are men.

There will be vice as long as there are men.

We do not despise all those who have vices, but we despise all
those who have not a single read more

We do not despise all those who have vices, but we despise all
those who have not a single virtue.

To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.

To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.