Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.

Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.

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.

Vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.

Vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.

The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.

The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.

There will be vice as long as there are men.

There will be vice as long as there are men.

To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.

To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.

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?

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.