The heart of every man lies open to the shafts of correction if the archer can take proper aim.

— Goldsmith, Oliver

When a child can be brought to tears, and not from fear of punishment, but from repentance he needs no chastisement. When the tears begin to flow from the grief of their conduct you can be sure there is an angel nestling in their heart.

— Mann, Horace

Some who will not speak against another, in the end does them harm.

— Proverb

Rebuke with soft words and hard arguments.

— Proverb

Rebuke should have a grain more of salt than of sugar.

— Proverb

Private reproof is the best grave for private faults.

— Proverb

By continually scolding someone, they in time become accustomed to it and despise your reproof.

— Proverb, French

With children use force with men reason; such is the natural order of things. The wise man requires no law.

— Rousseau, Jean Jacques

To free a person from error is to give, and not to take away.

— Schopenhauer, Arthur

Find fault when you must find fault in private, and if possible sometime after the offense, rather than at the time.

— Smith, Sydney

Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions, but those who kindly reprove thy faults.

— Socrates

What you dislike in another take care to correct in yourself.

— Sprat, Thomas

We reform others unconsciously when we walk uprightly.

— Swetchine, Anne Sophie

The majority of people have not the courage to correct others because they don't have the courage to bear correction themselves.

— Unknown, Source

Sarcasm spoils reproof.

— Wigglesworh, E.