Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice

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.

Vices of the time; vices of the man.
[Lat., Vitia temporis; vitia hominis.]

Vices of the time; vices of the man.
[Lat., Vitia temporis; vitia hominis.]

Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.

Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.

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.

The vices we scoff at in others, laugh at us within ourselves.

The vices we scoff at in others, laugh at us within ourselves.

A vice is a failure of desire.

A vice is a failure of desire.

One big vice in a man is apt to keep out a great many smaller ones.

One big vice in a man is apt to keep out a great many smaller ones.

And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.

And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.