True modesty and true pride are much the same thing. Both consist in setting a just value on ourselves--neither more nor less.

Wording recorded in the collection; original language not established.

True modesty and true pride are much the same thing. Both consist in setting a just value on ourselves--neither more nor less.

William Hazlitt · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 159

Wording recorded in the collection; original language not established.

Obstinate silence implies either a mean opinion of ourselves, or a contempt for our company; and it is the more provoking, as others do not know to which of these causes to attribute it--whether humility or pride.

William Hazlitt · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 244

Wording recorded in the collection; original language not established.

The best way to make ourselves agreeable to others is by seeming to think them so. If we appear fully sensible of their good qualities they will not complain of the want of them in us.

William Hazlitt · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 258

Wording recorded in the collection; original language not established.

It is well that there is no one without a fault, for he would not have a friend in the world: he would seem to belong to a different species.

William Hazlitt · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 269

Wording recorded in the collection; original language not established.

Let a man's talents or virtues be what they may, we feel satisfaction in his society only as he is satisfied in himself. We cannot enjoy the good qualities of a friend if he seems to be none the better for them.

William Hazlitt · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 27