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.

The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.

The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.

Every vice has its excuse ready.

Every vice has its excuse ready.

Folks who have no vices have plaguey few virtues.

Folks who have no vices have plaguey few virtues.

The virtue of some people consists wholly in condemning the vices in others.

The virtue of some people consists wholly in condemning the vices in others.

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.

Search others for their virtues, thyself for thy vices.

Search others for their virtues, thyself for thy vices.

Hate no one; hate their vices, not themselves.

Hate no one; hate their vices, not themselves.

Idleness is the beginning of all vices.

Idleness is the beginning of all vices.