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.

Men wish to be saved from the mischiefs of their vices, but not from their vices.

Men wish to be saved from the mischiefs of their vices, but not from their vices.

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

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

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.

Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.

Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.

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.

The heart resolves this matter in a trice,
"Men only feel the smart, but not the vice."

The heart resolves this matter in a trice,
"Men only feel the smart, but not the vice."

And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.

And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.

A vice is a failure of desire.

A vice is a failure of desire.