“The defects of the mind arelike the wounds of the body. Whatever care we take to heal them the scars ever remain, and there is always danger of their reopening.”

“The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body. After all imaginable care has been taken to heal them up, still there will be a scar left behind.”

“A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.”

“We always like those who admire us; we do not always like those whom we admire”

“Almost always we are bored by people to whom we ourselves are boring.”

“We are almost always bored by just those whom we must not find boring.”

“If we had no faults of our own, we would not take so much pleasure in noticing those of others.”