We easily forgive our friends those faults that do no affect us ourselves.

No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.

There are more defects in temperament than in the mind.

We have more ability than will power, and it is often an excuse to ourselves that we imagine that things are impossible.

There are some faults which, when well managed, make a greater figure than virtue itself.

The passions of youth are not more dangerous to health than is the lukewarmness of old age.

If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.