Self-satisfaction and self-pity are both condemned. What are people permitted to feel about themselves?

In the street, the gaze of desire is furtive or menacing.

My reluctant charity shames both me and the recipient.

Advice is more agreeable in the mouth than in the ear.

Reason argues the case, but fact may determine the judgment.

Reading a great book causes jolts and frights.

Joy goes as deep as sorrow, but leaves less of itself behind.