A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.

Envy is more irreconcilable than hatred.

To know how to hide one's ability is great skill.

We own up to minor failings, but only so as to convince others that we have no major ones.

Few are sufficiently wise to prefer censure which is useful to praise which is treacherous.

We confess to little faults only to persuade ourselves we have no great ones.

Preserving health by too severe a rule is a worrisome malady.