Since great examples justify command,
Let glorious acts more glorious acts inspire,
And catch from breast to breast the noble fire.
Pope, from Homer.
His faults, that in a private station sits,
Do mainly harm him only that commits:
Those placed on high a bright example owe,—
Much to themselves, more to the crowd below.
A paltry watch, in private pocket borne,
Misleads but him alone by whom ’tis worn: