I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

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

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

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.

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.]

There will be vice as long as there are men.

There will be vice as long as there are men.

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.

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.

Men wish to be saved from the mischiefs of their vices, but not from their vices.

Men wish to be saved from the mischiefs of their vices, but not from their vices.