Saint Augustine! well hast thou said,
That of our vices we can frame
A ladder, if we read more

Saint Augustine! well hast thou said,
That of our vices we can frame
A ladder, if we will but tread
Beneath our feet each deed of shame.

And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.

And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.

The willing contemplation of vice is vice.

The willing contemplation of vice is vice.

Ill habits gather by unseen degrees,As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.

Ill habits gather by unseen degrees,As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.

Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.

Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.

Vice is a monster of so frightful mien,
As to be hated need but to be seen;
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Vice is a monster of so frightful mien,
As to be hated need but to be seen;
Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face,
We first endure, then pity, then embrace.

This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man.

This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man.

It is but a step from companionship to slavery when one associates with vice.

It is but a step from companionship to slavery when one associates with vice.

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores