If you don't want anyone to know it, don't do it.

If you don't want anyone to know it, don't do it.

Vices of the time; vices of the man.
[Lat., Vitia temporis; vitia hominis.]

Vices of the time; vices of the man.
[Lat., Vitia temporis; vitia hominis.]

Many without punishment, none without sin.

Many without punishment, none without sin.

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.

To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.

Nurse one vice in your bosom. Give it the attention it deserves and let your virtues spring p modestly around read more

Nurse one vice in your bosom. Give it the attention it deserves and let your virtues spring p modestly around it. Then you'll have the miser who's no liar; and the drunkard who's the benefactor of the whole city.

The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.

The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.

The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.

The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.

We are double-edged blades, and every time we whet our virtue the return stroke straps our vice.

We are double-edged blades, and every time we whet our virtue the return stroke straps our vice.