The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.

The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.

When our vices leave us, we flatter ourselves that we are leaving them.

When our vices leave us, we flatter ourselves that we are leaving them.

Idleness is the beginning of all vices.

Idleness is the beginning of all vices.

Hate no one; hate their vices, not themselves.

Hate no one; hate their vices, not themselves.

Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.

Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.

Every vice has its excuse ready.

Every vice has its excuse ready.

The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.

The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.

Search others for their virtues, thyself for thy vices.

Search others for their virtues, thyself for thy vices.

The virtue of some people consists wholly in condemning the vices in others.

The virtue of some people consists wholly in condemning the vices in others.