Be niggard[648] of advice on no pretense;
For the worst avarice is that of sense.
With mean complacence[649] ne’er betray your trust
Nor be so civil as to prove unjust.
Fear not the anger of the wise to raise;
Those best can bear reproof, who merit praise.
4. But where’s the man who counsel can bestow,
Still pleased to teach, and yet not proud to know;
Unbiassed, or by favor, or by spite;
Not dully prepossessed, nor blindly right;