I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

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.]

Vice is its own reward

Vice is its own reward

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.

It is but a step from companionship to slavery when one associates with vice.

It is but a step from companionship to slavery when one associates with vice.

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.]

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."

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.

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

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