[CVIII].—Man only blames himself in order that he may be praised.
[CIX].—Little minds are wounded by the smallest things. (See Maxim 357.)
[CX].—There are certain faults which placed in a good light please more than perfection itself. (See Maxim 354.)
[CXI].—That which makes us so bitter against those who do us a shrewd turn, is because they think themselves more clever than we are. (See Maxim 350.)
[CXII].—We are always bored by those whom we bore. (See Maxim 352.)
[CXIII].—The harm that others do us is often less than that we do ourselves. (See Maxim 363.)
[CXIV].—It is never more difficult to speak well than when we are ashamed of being silent.
[CXV].—Those faults are always pardonable that we have the courage to avow.
[CXVI].—The greatest fault of penetration is not that it goes to the bottom of a matter—but beyond it. (See Maxim 377.)
[CXVII].—We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it. (See Maxim 378.)