He is better Bred, and more a Gentleman, that takes leave of the World without a blot in his Scutcheon ; And has nothing of Falshood and Dissimulation, of Luxury, or Pride to tarnish his Character. But when a Man is once dipt in these Vices, the next best thing is for him to quit, rather than live on, and be an Old Sinner. I suppose you understand the Plague too well not to run away from it ? And what's the Plague ? Why if you are a Knave, or a Libertine, you have the Tokens upon you. The Infection of the Mind is ten times worse then that of the Air ; The Malignity is not near so fatal in the Blood, as in the Will; For the Brute only suffers in the first Cafe, but the Man in the other.