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.

There will be vice as long as there are men.

There will be vice as long as there are men.

Nurse one vice in your bosom. Give it the attention it deserves and let your virtues spring p modestly around read more

Nurse one vice in your bosom. Give it the attention it deserves and let your virtues spring p modestly around it. Then you'll have the miser who's no liar; and the drunkard who's the benefactor of the whole city.

Vices are often habits rather than passions.

Vices are often habits rather than passions.

A vice is a failure of desire.

A vice is a failure of desire.

Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her mask

Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her mask

Ne'er blush'd, unless, in spreading vice's snares,
She blunder'd on some virtue unawares.

Ne'er blush'd, unless, in spreading vice's snares,
She blunder'd on some virtue unawares.

What maintains one vice would bring up two children.

What maintains one vice would bring up two children.

If individuals have no vices, their virtues may be of use to us.

If individuals have no vices, their virtues may be of use to us.