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

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

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.

One should judge a man mainly from his depravities. Virtues can be faked. Depravities are real.

One should judge a man mainly from his depravities. Virtues can be faked. Depravities are real.

Idleness is the beginning of all vices.

Idleness is the beginning of all vices.

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.

I have not a particle of confidence in a man who has no redeeming vices.

I have not a particle of confidence in a man who has no redeeming vices.

His was the sort of career that made the Recording Angel think seriously about taking up shorthand.

His was the sort of career that made the Recording Angel think seriously about taking up shorthand.

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.