The truest liberality is appreciation.
For the strenuous man the difficulty is to recognise the merits of elder contemporaries and not let himself be hindered by their defects.
Some men think about the defects of their friends, and there is nothing to be gained by it. I have always paid attention to the merits of my enemies, and found it an advantage.
There are many men who fancy they understand whatever they experience.
The public must be treated like women: they must be told absolutely nothing but what they like to hear.