Men's minds are too ready to excuse guilt in themselves.

Men's minds are too ingenious in palliating guilt in themselves. [Lat., Ingenia humana sunt ad suam cuique levandam culpam nimio plus facunda.]

Men's minds are too ready to excuse guilt in themselves

We can endure neither our vices nor the remedies for them.

The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.

Persevere in virtue and diligence.