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There is nothing that will kill a man so soon as having nobody to find fault with but himself.
There is nothing that will kill a man so soon as having nobody to find fault with but himself.
His very faults smack of the raciness of his good qualities.
His very faults smack of the raciness of his good qualities.
I like a friend better for having faults that one can talk about
I like a friend better for having faults that one can talk about
Who mix'd reason with pleasure, and wisdom with mirth;
If he had any faults, he has left us in read more
Who mix'd reason with pleasure, and wisdom with mirth;
If he had any faults, he has left us in doubt.
They were all like one another as halfpence are, every one fault
seeming monstrous till his fellow-fault came to read more
They were all like one another as halfpence are, every one fault
seeming monstrous till his fellow-fault came to match it.
Bad men excuse their faults; good men abandon them
Bad men excuse their faults; good men abandon them
Her new bark is worse than ten times her old bite.
Her new bark is worse than ten times her old bite.
He who excuses himself, accuses himself.
[Fr., Qui s'excuse, s'accuse.]
He who excuses himself, accuses himself.
[Fr., Qui s'excuse, s'accuse.]
The defects of great men are the consolation of the dunces.
The defects of great men are the consolation of the dunces.
