Many without punishment, none without sin.

Many without punishment, none without sin.

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.

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

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

Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.

Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.

He hadn't a single redeeming vice.

He hadn't a single redeeming vice.

Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.

Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.

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.

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.

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?