Pride is the mask we make of our faults

Pride is the mask we make of our faults

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

When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them

When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them

Chide him for faults, and do it reverently,
When you perceive his blood inclined to mirth,
But, read more

Chide him for faults, and do it reverently,
When you perceive his blood inclined to mirth,
But, being moody, give him time and scope,
Till that his passions, like a whale on ground,
Confound themselves with working.

The glorious fault of angels and of gods.

The glorious fault of angels and of gods.

The defects of great men are the consolation of the dunces.

The defects of great men are the consolation of the dunces.

There is hardly any personal defect which an agreeable manner might not gradually reconcile one to

There is hardly any personal defect which an agreeable manner might not gradually reconcile one to

That no one, no one at all, should try to search into himself!
But the wallet of the person read more

That no one, no one at all, should try to search into himself!
But the wallet of the person in front is carefully kept in view.
[Lat., Ut nemo in sese tentat descendere, nemo!
Sed praecedenti spectatur mantica tergo.]

Thou hast no faults, or I no faults can spy;
Thou art all beauty, or all blindness I.

Thou hast no faults, or I no faults can spy;
Thou art all beauty, or all blindness I.