Open confession is good for the soul.

Open confession is good for the soul.

Confessed faults are half-mended.

Confessed faults are half-mended.

Nothing spoils a confession like repentance.

Nothing spoils a confession like repentance.

There is no refuge from confession but suicide; and suicide is confession

There is no refuge from confession but suicide; and suicide is confession

The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.

The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.

Confession is always weakness. The grave soul keeps its own secrets, and takes its own punishment in silence.

Confession is always weakness. The grave soul keeps its own secrets, and takes its own punishment in silence.

Confess yourself to heaven,
Repent what's past, avoid what is to come,
And do not spread the read more

Confess yourself to heaven,
Repent what's past, avoid what is to come,
And do not spread the compost on the weeds
To make them ranker.

A man's very highest moment is, I have no doubt at all, when he kneels in the dust, and beats read more

A man's very highest moment is, I have no doubt at all, when he kneels in the dust, and beats his breast, and tells all the sins of his life.

Open confession is good for the soul

Open confession is good for the soul