I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.

I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.

What do you regard as most humane? To spare someone shame.

What do you regard as most humane? To spare someone shame.

O shame, where is thy blush?

O shame, where is thy blush?

Common sense hides shame.

Common sense hides shame.

The guilty catch themselves

The guilty catch themselves

If yet not lost to all the sense of shame.

If yet not lost to all the sense of shame.

Love taught him shame; and shame, with love at strife,
Soon taught the sweet civilities of life.

Love taught him shame; and shame, with love at strife,
Soon taught the sweet civilities of life.

I count him lost, who is lost to shame.
[Lat., Nam ego illum periisse duco, cui quidem periit pudor.]

I count him lost, who is lost to shame.
[Lat., Nam ego illum periisse duco, cui quidem periit pudor.]

A nightingale dies for shame if another bird sings better.

A nightingale dies for shame if another bird sings better.