Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.

Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.

When devils will the blackest sins put on,
They do suggest at first with heavenly shows!

When devils will the blackest sins put on,
They do suggest at first with heavenly shows!

The rust of the mind is the destruction of genius.

The rust of the mind is the destruction of genius.

Now to drink and trip it on the light fantastic toe.

Now to drink and trip it on the light fantastic toe.

God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.

God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.

To pull the chestnuts from the fire with the cat's paw.

To pull the chestnuts from the fire with the cat's paw.

You betray your own failing if you cannot bear with the fault of
a friend.

You betray your own failing if you cannot bear with the fault of
a friend.

It is, I believe, better to restrain the passions of youth by a
sense of shame, and by conciliatory read more

It is, I believe, better to restrain the passions of youth by a
sense of shame, and by conciliatory means, than by fear.

Ty it well, and let it goe.

Ty it well, and let it goe.