I like a friend better for having faults that one can talk about

I like a friend better for having faults that one can talk about

Jupiter has placed upon us two wallets. Hanging behind each
person's back he has given one full of his read more

Jupiter has placed upon us two wallets. Hanging behind each
person's back he has given one full of his own faults; in front
he has hung a heavy one full of other people's.
[Lat., Peras imposuit Jupiter nobis duas.
Propriis repletam vitiis post tergum dedit;
Alienis ante pectus supendit gravem.]

They were all like one another as halfpence are, every one fault
seeming monstrous till his fellow-fault came to read more

They were all like one another as halfpence are, every one fault
seeming monstrous till his fellow-fault came to match it.

When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them

When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them

Thou hast no faults, or I no faults can spy;
Thou art all beauty, or all blindness I.

Thou hast no faults, or I no faults can spy;
Thou art all beauty, or all blindness I.

Her new bark is worse than ten times her old bite.

Her new bark is worse than ten times her old bite.

We confess to little faults only to persuade others that we have no great ones.

We confess to little faults only to persuade others that we have no great ones.

Pride is the mask we make of our faults

Pride is the mask we make of our faults

Love him who tells you your faults in private.

Love him who tells you your faults in private.