Love him who tells you your faults in private.

Love him who tells you your faults in private.

Observe your enemies, for they first find your faults.

Observe your enemies, for they first find your faults.

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

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

Confessed faults are half-mended.

Confessed faults are half-mended.

Never find fault with the absent.

Never find fault with the absent.

A benevolent man should allow a few faults in himself, to keep his friends in countenance.

A benevolent man should allow a few faults in himself, to keep his friends in countenance.

People mistake their limitations for high standards.

People mistake their limitations for high standards.

A diamond with a flaw is better than a common stone that is perfect.

A diamond with a flaw is better than a common stone that is perfect.

A single bad habit will mar an otherwise faultless character, as an ink- drop soileth the pure white page.

A single bad habit will mar an otherwise faultless character, as an ink- drop soileth the pure white page.