Many without punishment, none without sin.

Many without punishment, none without sin.

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.]

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

What maintains one vice would bring up two children.

What maintains one vice would bring up two children.

Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.

Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.

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?

The heart resolves this matter in a trice,
"Men only feel the smart, but not the vice."

The heart resolves this matter in a trice,
"Men only feel the smart, but not the vice."

The willing contemplation of vice is vice.

The willing contemplation of vice is vice.

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.