The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have read more

The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues.

There will be vice as long as there are men.

There will be vice as long as there are men.

Men wish to be saved from the mischiefs of their vices, but not from their vices.

Men wish to be saved from the mischiefs of their vices, but not from their vices.

Many without punishment, none without sin.

Many without punishment, none without sin.

And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.

And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.

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.

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

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

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

Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.

Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.