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.

Vice is its own reward

Vice is its own reward

There will be vice as long as there are men.

There will be vice as long as there are men.

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

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

The willing contemplation of vice is vice.

The willing contemplation of vice is vice.

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

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?

Vices are often habits rather than passions.

Vices are often habits rather than passions.

O, what a mansion have those vices got
Which for their habitation chose out thee,
Where beauty's read more

O, what a mansion have those vices got
Which for their habitation chose out thee,
Where beauty's veil doth cover every blot
And all things turns to fair that eyes can see!