Observe your enemies, for they first find your faults.

Observe your enemies, for they first find your faults.

Confessed faults are half-mended.

Confessed faults are half-mended.

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.

Never find fault with the absent.

Never find fault with the absent.

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.

Love him who tells you your faults in private.

Love him who tells you your faults in private.

The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.

The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.

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.

They say, best men are moulded out of faults; And, for the most, become much more the better For being read more

They say, best men are moulded out of faults; And, for the most, become much more the better For being a little bad.