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 He is not guilty who is not guilty of his own free will.
 [Lat., Haud est nocens, quicumque non read more 
 He is not guilty who is not guilty of his own free will.
 [Lat., Haud est nocens, quicumque non sponte est nocens.] 
 But mine, and mine I loved, and mine I praised,
 And mine that I was proud on--mine so much
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 But mine, and mine I loved, and mine I praised,
 And mine that I was proud on--mine so much
  That I myself was to myself not mine,
   Valuing of her--why she, O, she is fall'n
    Into a pit of ink, that the wide sea
     Hath drops too few to wash her clean again,
      And salt too little which may season give
       To her foul tainted flesh! 
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind.
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind.
Men's minds are too ready to excuse guilt in themselves.
Men's minds are too ready to excuse guilt in themselves.
Guilt once harbored in the conscious breast, intimidates the brave, degrades the great.
Guilt once harbored in the conscious breast, intimidates the brave, degrades the great.
The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but the one who causes the darkness.
The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but the one who causes the darkness.
 The fearful face usually betrays great guilt.
 [Lat., Multa trepidus solet
  Detegere vultus.]  
 The fearful face usually betrays great guilt.
 [Lat., Multa trepidus solet
  Detegere vultus.] 
 Let guilty men remember, their black deeds
 Do lean on crutches made of slender reeds.  
 Let guilty men remember, their black deeds
 Do lean on crutches made of slender reeds. 
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind; the thief doth fear each bush an officer.
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind; the thief doth fear each bush an officer.