Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.

Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.

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.

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.

One big vice in a man is apt to keep out a great many smaller ones.

One big vice in a man is apt to keep out a great many smaller ones.

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

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

Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.

Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice

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.