To admonish is better than to reproach for admonition is mild and friendly, but reproach is harsh and insulting; and admonition corrects those who are doing wrong, but reproach only convicts them.

It is surely better to pardon too much, than to condemn too much.

Learn to know and value the praise which is worth having, and to excite the admiration of excellent people by being modest as well as pretty

We learn humility through accepting humiliations cheerfully.

Great Modesty often hides great Merit.

the praise of the wise few is more important than the mockery of the foolish many,

A graceful heart is a virtue of the meek.

Moderation is a wiser policy than zealotry

An easygoing vice, I hold,
Is better than an angry virtue.

Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of admiration.

But, as, when any of the prouder passions are hurt, it is much better philosophy to let a man slip into a good temper than to attack him in a bad one

Tis not enough, your counsel still be true;
Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do;
Men must be taught as if you taught them not;
And things unknown proposed as things forgot.

With mean complacence ne'er betray your trust,
Nor be so civil as to prove unjust.
Fear not the anger of the wise to raise;
Those best can bear reproof, who merit praise.

'Tis best sometimes your censure to restrain,
And charitably let the dull be vain:
Your silence there is better than your spite,
For who can rail so long as they can write?

if you offer wisdom from a third party, it seems less arrogant and more acceptable.

Humility, kindness, and empathy will bring you more respect than horsepower ever will.