Idleness is the beginning of all vices.

Idleness is the beginning of all vices.

Folks who have no vices have plaguey few virtues.

Folks who have no vices have plaguey few virtues.

His was the sort of career that made the Recording Angel think seriously about taking up shorthand.

His was the sort of career that made the Recording Angel think seriously about taking up shorthand.

Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.

Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.

When our vices leave us, we flatter ourselves that we are leaving them.

When our vices leave us, we flatter ourselves that we are leaving them.

Every vice has its excuse ready.

Every vice has its excuse ready.

I have not a particle of confidence in a man who has no redeeming vices.

I have not a particle of confidence in a man who has no redeeming vices.

Hate no one; hate their vices, not themselves.

Hate no one; hate their vices, not themselves.

To a philosophic eye, the vices of the clergy are far less dangerous than their virtues.

To a philosophic eye, the vices of the clergy are far less dangerous than their virtues.