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

"A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart; his next to escape the censures of the world: …"

"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."