Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices

Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices

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.

There is no vice so simple but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.

There is no vice so simple but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.

Vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.

Vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.

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

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

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.

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.

And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.

And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.