We Often Brag That We Are Never

Every One Speaks Well Of His Own Heart, But No One Dares Speak Well Of His Own Mind.

When Our Hatred Is Violent, It Sinks Us Even Beneath Those We Hate.

We Often Select Envenomed Praise Which, By A Reaction Upon Those We Praise, Shows Faults We Could Not Have Shown By Other Means.

Few People Have The Wisdom To Prefer The Criticism That Would Do Them Good, To The Praise That Deceives Them.

Ordinary Men Commonly Condemn What Is Beyond Them.