Always be sincere, whether you mean it or not.

Always be sincere, whether you mean it or not.

Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.

Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.

So let us begin anew - remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity read more

So let us begin anew - remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to proof

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice

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."

There is no vice so simple but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.

There is no vice so simple but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

There will be vice as long as there are men.

There will be vice as long as there are men.

Every vice is only an exaggeration of a necessary and virtuous function.

Every vice is only an exaggeration of a necessary and virtuous function.