"We should often blush at our noblest..." - Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

“We own up to minor failings, but only so as to convince others that we have no major ones.”

“Το know how to profit by good advice, requires nearly as much ability as to know how to act for one'self.”

“We often select envenomed praise which, by a reaction upon those we praise, shows faults we could not have shown by other means.”

“We should often blush for our very best actions, if the world did but see all the motives upon which they were done.”

“I learned then that practically no one in the world is entirely bad or entirely good, and that motives are often more important than actions.”

“We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all the motives which produced them.”

“Ugly deeds are most estimable when hidden.”

“Rhetoric is not important. Actions are.”

“Well done is better than well said.”