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.

Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.

Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.

Every vice makes its guilt the more conspicuous in proportion to
the rank of the offender.
[Lat., Omne read more

Every vice makes its guilt the more conspicuous in proportion to
the rank of the offender.
[Lat., Omne animi vitium tanto conspectius in se
Crimen habet, quanto major qui peccat habetur.]

Many without punishment, none without sin.

Many without punishment, none without sin.

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

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

And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.

And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.

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

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

The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.

The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.

To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.

To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.