There is a great deal of self-will in the world, but very little genuine independence of character. – Frederick W. Faber

Be right, and then be easy to live with, if possible, but in that order. – Ezra Taft Benson

If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless, since their chief purpose is to make us bear with patience the injustice of our fellows. РJean Baptiste Moli̬re, Le Misanthrope

I did not use paint, I made myself up morally. – Eleanora Duse, Le Gaulois, 1922