Do not take yourself too seriously. You have to learn not to be dismayed at making mistakes. No human being can avoid failures.

If, when you charged a person with his faults, you credited him with his virtues too, you would probably like everybody.

Have you not noticed in your past experience that your kind interpretations were almost always truer than your harsh ones?

A gentleman has his eyes on all those present; he is tender toward the bashful, gentle toward the distant, and merciful toward the absent.

Genuine love will always feel urged to communicate joy - to be a joy-giver. Mankind needs joy.

Cheerfulness is a very great help in fostering the virtue of charity. Cheerfulness itself is a virtue.

Strength of character means the ability to overcome resentment against others, to hide hurt feelings, and to forgive quickly.