""Censure," says a late ingenious author, "is the tax a man plays for being eminent." It is a folly for an eminent man…"

"No man can justly censure or condemn another, because indeed no man truly knows another."

"A man must serve his time to every trade Save censure — critics are ready-made."

"The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves."

"The thing done avails, and not what is said about it. An original sentence, a step forward, is worth more than all th…"

"When you have decided that a thing ought to be done, and are doing it, never shun being seen doing it, even though th…"

"Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe, Are lost on hearers that our merits know."

"Be more careful in guarding against censure than against danger; for the wicked may well dread the end of life, but g…"

"Dat veniam corvis, vexat censura columbas."

"It is common also to censure some one class of men — the rich or the educated, the manufacturers, the merchants, or t…"