He possessed beauty without vanity, strength without insolence; courage without ferocity; and all the virtues of man without his vices

He possessed beauty without vanity, strength without insolence; courage without ferocity; and all the virtues of man without his vices

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.

One big vice in a man is apt to keep out a great many smaller ones.

One big vice in a man is apt to keep out a great many smaller ones.

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.]

Many without punishment, none without sin.

Many without punishment, none without sin.

And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.

And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice

The willing contemplation of vice is vice.

The willing contemplation of vice is vice.

Saint Augustine! well hast thou said,
That of our vices we can frame
A ladder, if we read more

Saint Augustine! well hast thou said,
That of our vices we can frame
A ladder, if we will but tread
Beneath our feet each deed of shame.