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.

Every vice has its excuse ready.

Every vice has its excuse ready.

Idleness is the beginning of all vices.

Idleness is the beginning of all vices.

Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism.

Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism.

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.

Folks who have no vices have plaguey few virtues.

Folks who have no vices have plaguey few virtues.

Search others for their virtues, thyself for thy vices.

Search others for their virtues, thyself for thy vices.

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

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

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.