Si nous n'avions point de défauts, nous ne prendrions pas tant de plaisir à en remarquer dans les autres.

We should not be upset that others hide the truth from us, when we hide it so often from ourselves.

No one gossips about other people’s secret virtues.

If we had no faults of our own, we should not take so much pleasure in noticing those in others.

We dislike talking about our experiences. No explanations are needed for those who have been inside, and the others will understand neither how we felt then nor how we feel now.

no one ever gossips about the virtues of others

If our Founding Fathers wanted us to care about the rest of the world, they wouldn't have declared their independence from it.

Therefore we didn't talk of genuine things.

If we are not our brother's keeper, at least let us not be his executioner.

Let us not apply to ourselves the points of general censure; let us profit by the lesson, if possible, without assuming that we are spoken against.

We do not lead others into the Light by stepping into the darkness with them.

Don't make everyone know about your sadness.

Normally, we do not so much look at things as overlook them.

I wouldn't presume to weigh suffering against sins.