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.

Those vices [luxury and neglect of decent manners] are vices of
men, not of the times.
[Lat., Hominum read more

Those vices [luxury and neglect of decent manners] are vices of
men, not of the times.
[Lat., Hominum sunt ista [vitia], non temporum.

Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.

Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.

The willing contemplation of vice is vice.

The willing contemplation of vice is vice.

A vice is a failure of desire.

A vice is a failure of desire.

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?

And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.

And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.

Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.

Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.

Many without punishment, none without sin.

Many without punishment, none without sin.