Most of us are aware of and pretend to detest the barefaced instances of that hypocrisy by which men deceive others, but few of us are upon our guard or see that more fatal hypocrisy by which we deceive and over-reach our own hearts. – Laurence Sterne, 1760

When you say that you agree with a thing in principle you mean that you have not the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice. – Otto von Bismarck

People are very inclined to set moral standards for others. – Elizabeth Drew, The New Yorker, 1987 February 16th

Forbear to judge, for we are sinners all. – William Shakespeare, Henry VI