Self-love exaggerates our faults as well as our virtues.

People do not mind their faults being spread out before them, but they become impatient if called on to give them up.

"Know thyself"? If I knew myself I'd run away

"Know thyself"? If I knew myself I'd run away

There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one's self on lies and fables.

The really unhappy person is the one who leaves undone what they can do, and starts doing what they don't understand; no wonder they come to grief.