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Many without punishment, none without sin.
Many without punishment, none without sin.
What maintains one vice would bring up two children.
What maintains one vice would bring up two children.
The virtue in most request is conformity.
The virtue in most request is conformity.
The power of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special efforts, but by his ordinary doing
The power of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special efforts, but by his ordinary doing
Most dangerous is that temptation that doth goad us on to sin in loving virtue.
Most dangerous is that temptation that doth goad us on to sin in loving virtue.
Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.
Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.
Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice
Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice
And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.
And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.
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?