The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.

The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.

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.

A vice is a failure of desire.

A vice is a failure of desire.

Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices

Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

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.

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

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.]

He hadn't a single redeeming vice.

He hadn't a single redeeming vice.