The attempt and not the deed confounds us.
Praise or blame has but a momentary effect on the man whose love of beauty in the abstract makes him a severe critique on his own Works.
Only guilt gets you that kind of all-guns-blazing attack.
O shame, where is thy blush?
My guiding principle is this: Guilt is never to be doubted.[Der Grundsatz, nach dem ich entscheide, ist: Die Schuld ist immer zweifellos.]
It is one thing to know that a man is guilty, it is quite another matter to prove him so.
It is better to run the risk of sparing the guilty than to condemn an innocent.[Qu’il vaut mieux hasarder de sauver un coupable que de condamner un innocent.]
In law a man is guilty when he violates the rights of others. In ethics he is guilty if he only thinks of doing so.
If you wish to discover the guilty person, first find out to whom the crime might be useful.[Si vous voulez découvrir le coupable, cherchez d’abord celui à qui le crime commis peut être utile !]
If all the world hated you, and believed you wicked, while your own conscience approved you, and absolved you from guilt, you would not be without friends.
I have offended reputation, a most unnoble swerving.
Guilt is universal.
