Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.

Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.

If you don't want anyone to know it, don't do it.

If you don't want anyone to know it, don't do it.

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

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

Virtue, I grant you, is an empty boast;
But shall the dignity of vice be lost?

Virtue, I grant you, is an empty boast;
But shall the dignity of vice be lost?

Many without punishment, none without sin.

Many without punishment, none without sin.

Vices are often habits rather than passions.

Vices are often habits rather than passions.

And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.

And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.

Those vices [luxury and neglect of decent manners] are vices of
men, not of the times.
[Lat., Hominum read more

Those vices [luxury and neglect of decent manners] are vices of
men, not of the times.
[Lat., Hominum sunt ista [vitia], non temporum.

We do not despise all those who have vices, but we despise all
those who have not a single read more

We do not despise all those who have vices, but we despise all
those who have not a single virtue.