Censure pardons the ravens but rebukes the doves. [The innocent
are punished and the wicked escape.]

Censure pardons the ravens but rebukes the doves. [The innocent
are punished and the wicked escape.]

But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.

But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.

Led on by impulse, and blind and ungovernable desires.

Led on by impulse, and blind and ungovernable desires.

There's not a string attuned to mirth,
But has its chord in melancholy.

There's not a string attuned to mirth,
But has its chord in melancholy.

When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot bee much.

When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot bee much.

All is grist that comes to the mill.

All is grist that comes to the mill.

What prevents a man's speaking good sense with a smile on his
face?

What prevents a man's speaking good sense with a smile on his
face?

It is more blessed to give than to receive.

It is more blessed to give than to receive.

What one day gives us, another takes away from us.

What one day gives us, another takes away from us.