In speaking of a person's faults,
Pray don't forget your own.
Remember those with home of glass
Should seldom cast a stone.
If we have nothing else to do
But talk of those who sin,
'Tis better we commence at home,
Than from that point begin. We have no right to judge a man,
Until he's fairly tried;
Should we not like his company,
We know the world is wide.
Some may have faults, and who has not?
The old as well as young;
Perhaps we may, for aught we know,
Have fifty to their one. I'll tell you of a better plan,
I find it works full well.
To try my own defects to cure
Ere I of others tell:
And though I sometimes hope to be
No worse than some I know,
My own shortcomings bid me let
The faults of others go. Then let us all when we commence
To slander friend or foe
Think of the harm one word may do
To those we little know.
Remember curses, sometimes, like
Our chickens, “roost at home;”
Don't speak of others' faults until
You have none of your own.