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There are two types of people in this world, good

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There are two types of people in this world, good and bad. The good sleep better, but the bad seem to enjoy the waking hours much more.

Every vice is only an exaggeration of a necessary

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Every vice is only an exaggeration of a necessary and virtuous function.

There is more than a morsel of

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There is more than a morsel of truth in the saying, He who hates vice hates mankind.

The Anglo-Saxon conscience doesn't keep you from

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The Anglo-Saxon conscience doesn't keep you from doing what you shouldn't; it just keeps you from enjoying it.

Without enthusiasm, virtue functions not at all,

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Without enthusiasm, virtue functions not at all, and vice only poorly.

How like herrings and onions our vices are in the

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How like herrings and onions our vices are in the morning after we have committed them.

It has ever been my experience that folks who hav

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It has ever been my experience that folks who have no vices, have very few virtues.

It is good to be without vices, but it is not goo

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It is good to be without vices, but it is not good to be without temptations.

Never support two weaknesses at the same time.

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Never support two weaknesses at the same time. It's your combination sinners - your lecherous liars and your miserly drunkards - who dishonor the vices and bring them into bad repute.

Our virtues and vices couple with one another, an

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Our virtues and vices couple with one another, and get children that resemble both their parents.

Loud indignation against vice often stands for vi

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Loud indignation against vice often stands for virtue in the eyes of bigots.

Minor vices lead to major ones, but minor virtues

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Minor vices lead to major ones, but minor virtues stay put.

Idleness is the beginning of all vices.

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Idleness is the beginning of all vices.

We are more inclined to regret our virtues than o

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We are more inclined to regret our virtues than our vices; but only the very honest will admit this.

When our vices desert us, we flatter ourselves th

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When our vices desert us, we flatter ourselves that we are deserting our vices.

The vices of the rich and great are mistaken for

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The vices of the rich and great are mistaken for error; and those of the poor and lowly, for crimes.

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