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

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

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

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

We do not despise all those who have vices, but we despise all
those who have not a single read more

We do not despise all those who have vices, but we despise all
those who have not a single virtue.

Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.

Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.

Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.

Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.

Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.

Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.

Vice is its own reward

Vice is its own reward

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

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.