Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.

Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.

The guilty catch themselves

The guilty catch themselves

Here shame dissuades him, there his fear prevails,
And each by turns his aching heart assails.

Here shame dissuades him, there his fear prevails,
And each by turns his aching heart assails.

A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying... that read more

A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying... that he is wiser today than yesterday.

Doubt is the brother of shame.

Doubt is the brother of shame.

The only shame is to have none

The only shame is to have none

Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.

Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.

Shame is an ornament of the young; a disgrace of the old.

Shame is an ornament of the young; a disgrace of the old.