Vice is a creature of such hideous mien... that the more you see it the better you like it

Vice is a creature of such hideous mien... that the more you see it the better you like it

A man's idea in a game of cards is war, cruel, devastating, and pitiless. A lady's idea of it is a combination of larceny, embezzlement and burglary.

Trust ivrybody-but cut th' cards.

A rayformer thinks he was ilicted because he was a rayformer, whin th thruth iv th matther is he was ilicted because no wan knew him.

It is more comfortable to feel that we are a slight improvement on a monkey than such a fallin' off from the angels.

High finance isn't burglary or obtaining money by false pretenses, but rather a judicious selection from the best features of those fine arts.