"We believe in ourselves as we do not believe in others. We permit all things to ourselves, and that which we call sin in others is experiment for us."

"Every sweet has its sour; every evil its good."

--Emerson

"When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading."

--Henry Youngman

"Whenever I'm caught between two evils, I take the one I've never tried."

--Mae West