They that are virtuous from principle may receive confidence in every capacity; but they that are so from custom or habit, are capable of trust only in matters of ordinary and settled occurrence.
The praise we seek for our own virtues sometimes tempts us to flatter the imperfections of other men.
Chastity is oftener owing to diffidence and shame, than to fortitude of reason or virtue.
There are two things at which most men are grieved: when their faults are exposed, and when their virtues are concealed.
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