A blessed thing it is for any man or woman to have a friend one human soul whom we can trust utterly who knows the best and worst of us and who loves us in spite of all our faults.

To copy beauty forfeits all pretense to fame to copy faults is want of sense.

I love my beauty. It's not my fault.

Even if you play perfectly a fault of your opponent's can destroy the entire beauty of the game.

Telling lies is a fault in a boy an art in a lover an accomplishment in a bachelor and second-nature in a married man.

To want friendship is a great fault. Friendship ought to be a gratuitous joy like the joys afforded by art or life.

When you are offended at any man's fault turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.

The people who did the collateralized mortgage obligations sold them to pension funds then sold them short then bought credit default swap insurance on them are just amazing. They are a law unto themselves.