What maintains one vice would bring up two children.

What maintains one vice would bring up two children.

To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.

To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.

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?

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

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

We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those
same vices underfoot.
[Lat., De read more

We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those
same vices underfoot.
[Lat., De vitiis nostris scalam nobis facimus, si vitia ipsa
calcamus.]

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.

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

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

Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.

Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.

Many without punishment, none without sin.

Many without punishment, none without sin.