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.]

Great wit to madness sure is near allied,
And thin partitions do their bounds divide.

Great wit to madness sure is near allied,
And thin partitions do their bounds divide.

Who must account for himselfe and others, must know both.

Who must account for himselfe and others, must know both.

No injury can be complained of by a consenting party.

No injury can be complained of by a consenting party.

What mare's nest hast thou found?

What mare's nest hast thou found?

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.

The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.

The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.

Revenge and wrong bring forth their kind;
The foul cubs like their parents are.

Revenge and wrong bring forth their kind;
The foul cubs like their parents are.

Dreading that climax of all earthly ills,
The inflammation of his weekly bills.

Dreading that climax of all earthly ills,
The inflammation of his weekly bills.