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

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

Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices

Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices

And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.

And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.

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.

Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.

Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.

Vices are often habits rather than passions.

Vices are often habits rather than passions.

The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.

The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.

He possessed beauty without vanity, strength without insolence; courage without ferocity; and all the virtues of man without his vices

He possessed beauty without vanity, strength without insolence; courage without ferocity; and all the virtues of man without his vices

Vices of the time; vices of the man.
[Lat., Vitia temporis; vitia hominis.]

Vices of the time; vices of the man.
[Lat., Vitia temporis; vitia hominis.]