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.]

If individuals have no vices, their virtues may be of use to us.

If individuals have no vices, their virtues may be of use to us.

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.

Vices are often habits rather than passions.

Vices are often habits rather than passions.

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.

Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.

Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.

Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her mask

Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her mask

Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.

Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.

The willing contemplation of vice is vice.

The willing contemplation of vice is vice.