Or if thou war with pigmies, thou shalt haply help the cranes.
Where to be blind was safety, Ovid had been wise for winking:
And when a tell-tale might do harm, be sure it is prudent to be dumb;
That which is just and fit is often found combating with honesty:
In the cause of good, be wise; and in a case indifferent, keep silence.
Let honesty's unblushing face be shaded by the mantle of humility,
So shall it shine a lamp of love, and not the torch of strife:
Otherwise the lantern of Diogenes, presumptuously thrust before the face,
If it never find an honest man, shall often make an angered.
Let honesty be companied by charity of heart, lest it walk unwelcome;