Vice came in always at the door of necessity, not at the door of inclination.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.
It is good to be without vices, but it is not good to be without temptations.
He that has energy enough to root out a vice should go further, and try to plant a virtue in its place.
Virtue knows to a farthing what it has lost by not having been vice.
Vice: Whatever was passion in the contemplation of man, being brought forth by his will into action.
It is the function of vice to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.
In order to know virtue, we must first acquaint ourselves with vice.
The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.
In the midst of vice we are in virtue, and vice versa.
When virtue is at liberty, so to some extent is vice.