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.

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.

A vice is a failure of desire.

A vice is a failure of desire.

Every vice makes its guilt the more conspicuous in proportion to
the rank of the offender.
[Lat., Omne read more

Every vice makes its guilt the more conspicuous in proportion to
the rank of the offender.
[Lat., Omne animi vitium tanto conspectius in se
Crimen habet, quanto major qui peccat habetur.]

Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.

Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice

The willing contemplation of vice is vice.

The willing contemplation of vice is vice.

To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.

To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.

There will be vice as long as there are men.

There will be vice as long as there are men.