Worse than a true evil is it to bear the burden of faults that are not truly yours.

A benevolent man should allow a few faults in himself, to keep his friends in countenance.

Those see nothing but faults that seek for nothing else.

People will allow their faults to be shown them; they will let themselves be punished for them; they will patiently endure many things because of them; they only become impatient when they have to lay them aside.

It is well that there is no one without a fault; for he would not have a friend in the world.

It is too bad how thoughtlessly we set up harsh and unkind rules against ourselves. No one is born without faults. That man is best who has fewest.

Gladly we desire to make other men perfect but we will not amend our own fault.

There exists scarcely any man so accomplished, or so necessary to his own family, but he has some failing which will diminish their regret at his loss.

If we had no faults, we would not take so much pleasure in noticing them in others.

We only admit to minor faults to persuade ourselves that we have no major ones.