Ne'er blush'd, unless, in spreading vice's snares,
She blunder'd on some virtue unawares.

Ne'er blush'd, unless, in spreading vice's snares,
She blunder'd on some virtue unawares.

This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man.

This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man.

Every vice is only an exaggeration of a necessary and virtuous function.

Every vice is only an exaggeration of a necessary and virtuous function.

Many without punishment, none without sin.

Many without punishment, none without sin.

A vice is a failure of desire.

A vice is a failure of desire.

The vices we scoff at in others, laugh at us within ourselves.

The vices we scoff at in others, laugh at us within ourselves.

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

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

What maintains one vice would bring up two children.

What maintains one vice would bring up two children.

There is no vice so simple but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.

There is no vice so simple but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.