A man would rather say evil of himself than say nothing.

Truth is the foundation and the reason of the perfection of beauty, for of whatever stature a thing may be, it cannot be beautiful-and perfect, unless it be truly what it should be, and possess truly all that it should have.

We are eager to believe that others are flawed because we are eager to believe in what we wish for.

We should scarcely desire things ardently if we were perfectly acquainted with what we desire.

The appearances of goodness and merit often meet with a greater reward from the world than goodness and merit themselves.

Solemnity is a device of the body to hide the faults of the mind.

We frequently do good in order to enable us to do evil later with impunity exemption of punishment.