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

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

Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.

Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.

Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.

Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.

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.]

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?

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

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

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.

Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices

Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices

Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.

Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.