“The owning of faults is no hard matter for persons that find a fund within themselves to mend them.”

“Some hurts can never be mended" he said. "No matter how much time passes. They tattoo themselves on our souls”

“Find that person who makes love with your faults.”

“Felix Plater notes of some young physicians, that study to cure diseases, catch them themselves, will be sick, and appropriate all symptoms they find related of others to their own persons.”

“All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, it will not change you.”

“Son, you must not find fault with any of God's creations. You must realize that the center is within you. If you open your wisdom, stand in the center, and look intently at yourself, you will understand the point. Do not waste your time trying to analyze other people: if you look at others and try to figure out what they are like, everything will go wrong, because each person sees his own faults in others.”

“We do not find it hard to bear with ourselves, though we are full of faults. Why then may we not learn to be tolerant of others?”

“Never try to convey your idea to the audience — it is a thankless and senseless task. Show them life, and they'll find within themselves the means to assess and appreciate it.”

“Within our family there was no such thing as a person who did not matter. Second cousins thrice removed mattered.”

“The trouble is, it's hard to know you're little,' says Felicity. 'People like to make themselves matter.”