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.]

A righteous man regardeth the life of this beast: but the tender
mercies of the wicked are cruel.

A righteous man regardeth the life of this beast: but the tender
mercies of the wicked are cruel.

Fancy the Gracchi complaining of treason!

Fancy the Gracchi complaining of treason!

They appear but here and there swimming in the vasty deep. [The
portions of some books really worth notice read more

They appear but here and there swimming in the vasty deep. [The
portions of some books really worth notice are few and far
between.]

I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish.
[I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]

I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish.
[I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]

So--now the danger dared at last,
Look back and smile at perils past!

So--now the danger dared at last,
Look back and smile at perils past!

Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.

Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.

It is the duty of a good shepherd to shear, not to skin his
sheep.

It is the duty of a good shepherd to shear, not to skin his
sheep.

The stern delight that warriors feel
In foemen worthy of their steel.

The stern delight that warriors feel
In foemen worthy of their steel.