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 Thou hast no faults, or I no faults can spy;
 Thou art all beauty, or all blindness I.  
 Thou hast no faults, or I no faults can spy;
 Thou art all beauty, or all blindness I. 
I like a friend better for having faults that one can talk about
I like a friend better for having faults that one can talk about
 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. 
 Because those, who twit others with their faults, should look at 
home.
 [Lat., Quia, qui alterum incusat probi, read more 
 Because those, who twit others with their faults, should look at 
home.
 [Lat., Quia, qui alterum incusat probi, eum ipsum se intueri 
oportet.] 
 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.
 Chide him for faults, and do it reverently,
 When you perceive his blood inclined to mirth,
  But, read more 
 Chide him for faults, and do it reverently,
 When you perceive his blood inclined to mirth,
  But, being moody, give him time and scope,
   Till that his passions, like a whale on ground,
    Confound themselves with working. 
 I will chide no breather in the world but myself, against whom I 
know most faults.  
 I will chide no breather in the world but myself, against whom I 
know most faults. 
Bad men excuse their faults; good men abandon them
Bad men excuse their faults; good men abandon them