George Washington's Rules of Civility Traced to their Sources and Restored by Moncure D. Conway
Chapter vii. 9. Ne faites pas le censeur & le juge des fautes
d'autruy, car cela n'appartient qu'aux maistres, aux peres, & à ceux qui out quelque superiorité. Il vous est toutesfois permis de faire paroistre l'auersion que vous en cõceuez. Et vous pouuez bien quelquesfois dõner aduis avantageux au defaillants.
Do not be the censor and judge of other peoples' faults, for that only belongs to masters, fathers, and those who have some superiority. But it is nevertheless allowable for you to show an aversion you have conceived. And at times you may give advantageous advice to those who are in the wrong.
71st. Gaze not at the marks or blemishes of Others and ask not how they came. What you may Speak in Secret to your Friend deliver not before others