Only those faults which we encounter in ourselves are insufferable to us in others.

Feeling loves a subdued light.

When fresh sorrows have caused us to take some steps in the right way, we may not complain. We have invested in a life annuity, but the income remains.

Kindness causes us to learn, and to forget, many things.

Antiquity is a species of aristocracy with which it is not easy to be on visiting terms.

Only those faults which we encounter in ourselves are insufferable to us in others.

To reveal imprudently the spot where we are most sensitive and vulnerable is to invite a blow. The demigod Achilles admitted no one to his confidence.