O, what authority and show of truth
Can cunning sin cover itself withal!
Much Ado about Nothing, Act iv. Sc. 1. SHAKESPEARE.
Though every prospect pleases,
And only man is vile.
Missionary Hymn. BISHOP R. HEBER.
And he that does one fault at first,
And lies to hide it, makes it two.
Divine Songs. DR. I. WATTS.
Commit
The oldest sins the newest kind of ways.
Henry IV., Pt. II. Act iv. Sc. 4. SHAKESPEARE.
And out of good still to find means of evil.
Paradise Lost, Bk. I. MILTON.
But evil is wrought by want of thought,
As well as want of heart!
The Lady's Dream. T. HOOD.
Timely advised, the coming evil shun:
Better not do the deed, than weep it done.
Henry and Emma. M. PRIOR.
SINCERITY.
Men should be what they seem;
Or those that be not, would they might seem none!
Othello, Act iii. Sc. 3. SHAKESPEARE.
O, how much more doth beauty beauteous seem
By that sweet ornament which truth doth give!
Sonnet LIV. SHAKESPEARE.