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.

Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices

Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices

Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.

Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.

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.

What maintains one vice would bring up two children.

What maintains one vice would bring up two children.

Vices are often habits rather than passions.

Vices are often habits rather than passions.

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.

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.