Idleness is the beginning of all vices.

Idleness is the beginning of all vices.

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.

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 greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.

The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.

Vice is such a hideous creature, that the more you see of it the better you like it.

Vice is such a hideous creature, that the more you see of it the better you like it.

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.

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.

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

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

One should judge a man mainly from his depravities. Virtues can be faked. Depravities are real.

One should judge a man mainly from his depravities. Virtues can be faked. Depravities are real.