Vice is its own reward

Vice is its own reward

The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.

The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.

And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.