[Himmel] did the right thing. We encourage anyone to notify us of any street defects they see.

It's to educate the people to different types of potholes that are out there. And it's to clarify what is DOT [responsibility] and what is not DOT.

It's not that we don't care. Those were the changes that had to be made.

It was in the defects that they [servants] invariably acquired that I learned of my own natural, invariable defects, and their character presented me with a sort of negative proof of my own.

Reckless. Insatiable. Deceptive. Clingy. Vain. Dismissive. Trivial. Violent. Tactless. Controlling. Impractical. Fearful. Think of one example in your past where you exhibited each of these traits. Whatever memory comes to your mind will usually provide you with a clear illustration. Know that you have the capacity to exhibit all defects.

Better you discover your defects through self-examination rather than learn about them from others.