And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.

And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.

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?

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

He hadn't a single redeeming vice.

He hadn't a single redeeming vice.

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.]

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

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

Vices of the time; vices of the man.
[Lat., Vitia temporis; vitia hominis.]

Vices of the time; vices of the man.
[Lat., Vitia temporis; vitia hominis.]

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.

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.