I will believe Thou wilt not utter what thou dost not know; And so far will I trust thee.

1615 SHAKS.: _1 Henry IV.,_ Act ii., Sc. 3.

A secret in his mouth, Is like a wild bird put into a cage, Whose door no sooner opens, but 't is out.

1616 BEN JONSON: _Case is Altered,_ Act iii., Sc. 3

=Sects.=

His liberal soul with every sect agreed, Unheard their reasons, he received their creed.

1617 CRABBE: _Tales, Convert,_ Line 45.

Slave to no sect, who takes no private road, But looks through Nature up to Nature's God.

1618 POPE: _Essay on Man,_ Epis. iv., Line 331.

=Security.=

You all know, security Is mortal's chiefest enemy.

1619 SHAKS.: _Macbeth,_ Act iii., Sc. 5.

=Seed.=

The thorns which I have reap'd are of the tree I planted; they have torn me, and I bleed.

I should have known what fruit would spring from such a seed.

1620 BYRON: _Ch. Harold,_ Canto iv., St. 10.

=Self.=

None are so desolate but something dear, Dearer than self, possesses or possess'd A thought, and claims the homage of a tear.

1621 BYRON: _Ch. Harold,_ Canto ii., St. 24.

=Selfishness.=

Despite those titles, power and pelf, The wretch, concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust, from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonored, and unsung.

1622 SCOTT: _Lay of the Last Minstrel,_ Canto vi., St. 1.

=Self-Conceit.=

To observations which ourselves we make, We grow more partial for th' observer's sake.

1623 POPE: _Moral Essays,_ Epis. i., Line 2.

=Self-Control.=

May I govern my passions with absolute sway, And grow wiser and better as my strength wears away, ... by a gentle decay.

1624 DR. WALTER POPE: _The Old Man's Wish,_ Chorus.

=Self-Defence.=

Self-defence is a virtue, Sole bulwark of all right.

1625 BYRON: _Sardanapalus,_ Act ii., Sc. 1.

=Self-Denial.=

Brave conquerors! for so you are, That war against your own affections, And the huge army of the world's desires.

1626 SHAKS.: _Love's L. Lost,_ Act i., Sc. 1.

=Self-Dispraise.=

There is a luxury in self-dispraise; And inward self-disparagement affords To meditative spleen a grateful feast.

1627 WORDSWORTH: _The Excursion,_ Bk. iv.

=Self-Esteem.=

Oft times nothing profits more Than self-esteem, grounded on just and right Well manag'd.

1628 MILTON: _Par. Lost,_ Bk. viii., Line 571.

=Self-Knowledge.=

To know _thyself_--in others self-concern; Would'st thou know others? read thyself--and learn!

1629 SCHILLER: _Votive Tablets, The Key._

=Self-Love.=

Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin As self-neglecting.

1630 SHAKS.: _Henry V.,_ Act ii., Sc. 4.

Self-love, the spring of motion, acts the soul; Reason's comparing balance rules the whole.

1631 POPE: _Essay on Man,_ Epis. ii., Line 59.

=Self-Reproach.=

Men who can hear the Decalogue, and feel No self-reproach.

1632 WORDSWORTH: _The Old Cumberland Beggar._

=Self-Respect.=