It Is Better To Offer No Excuse Than A Bad One

“When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.”

“Be of good cheer about death, and know this of a truth, that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.”

“If someone can prove me wrong and show me my mistake in any thought or action, I shall gladly change. I seek the truth, which never harmed anyone: the harm is to persist in one's own self-deception and ignorance.”

“Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to it--else it is none.”

“You can recognize a small truth because its opposite is a falsehood. The opposite of a great truth is another truth.”

“Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.”