When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them

When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them

Then farewell, Horace; whom I hated so,
Not for thy faults, but mine.

Then farewell, Horace; whom I hated so,
Not for thy faults, but mine.

Her new bark is worse than ten times her old bite.

Her new bark is worse than ten times her old bite.

They were all like one another as halfpence are, every one fault
seeming monstrous till his fellow-fault came to read more

They were all like one another as halfpence are, every one fault
seeming monstrous till his fellow-fault came to match it.

He who excuses himself, accuses himself.
[Fr., Qui s'excuse, s'accuse.]

He who excuses himself, accuses himself.
[Fr., Qui s'excuse, s'accuse.]

Blame it on a simple twist of fate.

Blame it on a simple twist of fate.

Pride is the mask we make of our faults

Pride is the mask we make of our faults

You crystal break, for fear of breaking it:
Careless and careful hands like faults commit.

You crystal break, for fear of breaking it:
Careless and careful hands like faults commit.

Bad men excuse their faults; good men abandon them

Bad men excuse their faults; good men abandon them