Skins may differ, but affection
Dwells in white and black the same.

Skins may differ, but affection
Dwells in white and black the same.

O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.

O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.

Blest tears of soul-felt penitence!
In whose benign, redeeming flow
Is felt the first, the only sense
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Blest tears of soul-felt penitence!
In whose benign, redeeming flow
Is felt the first, the only sense
Of guiltless joy that guilt can know.

Unless your works lead to profit, vain is your glory in them.

Unless your works lead to profit, vain is your glory in them.

Though the power be wanting, the will deserves praise.

Though the power be wanting, the will deserves praise.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.

Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.

Breed up a crow and he'll pick out your eyes.

Breed up a crow and he'll pick out your eyes.

We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come.

We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come.