Kindness which is not inexhaustible does not deserve the name.

Parents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them.

The sympathy of most people consists of a mixture of good-humour, curiosity, and self-importance.

Kindness which is not inexhaustible does not deserve the name.

We are valued wither too highly or not high enough; we are never taken at our real worth.

People more easily tolerate opposition than a contradiction

The poor never estimate as a virtue the generosity of the rich.