Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her mask

Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her mask

Ne'er blush'd, unless, in spreading vice's snares,
She blunder'd on some virtue unawares.

Ne'er blush'd, unless, in spreading vice's snares,
She blunder'd on some virtue unawares.

Vices are often habits rather than passions.

Vices are often habits rather than passions.

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.

And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.

And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.

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.

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

The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.

The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.