To make judgements about great and lofty things, a soul of the same stature is needed; otherwise we ascribe to them that vice which is our own.
I find that the best virtue I have has in it some tincture of vice.
Amongst all other vices there is none I hate more than cruelty, both by nature and judgment, as the extremest of all vices.
Our religion is made to eradicate vices, instead it encourages them, covers them, and nurtures them.
Some, either from being glued to vice by a natural attachment, or from long habit, no longer recognize its ugliness.