What maintains one vice would bring up two children.

What maintains one vice would bring up two children.

Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.

Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.

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

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

Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.

Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.

Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.

Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.

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.

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

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

To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.

To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.

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?