Whoe'er he be That tells my faults, I hate him mortally.
Never find fault with the absent.
It is not so much the being exempt from faults, as having overcome them, that is an advantage to us.
Careless of censure, nor too fond of fame, Still pleased to praise, yet not afraid to blame, Averse alike to flatter or offend, Not free from faults, nor yet too vain to mend.
Avoid Extremes; and shun the fault of such Who still are pleas'd too little or too much.
To be angry is to revenge the faults of others upon ourselves