We confess our bad qualities to others out of fear of appearing naive or ridiculous by not being aware of them

His confession was no confession at all. He confessed to something he really didn't do.

Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The thing to avoid is being a bore to oneself.

Those who have some means think that the most important thing in the world is love. The poor know that it is money.

Wisdom is keeping a sense of fallibility of all our views and opinions.

Intellectuals are people who believe that ideas are of more importance than values. That is to say, their own ideas and other people's values.