When someone defends those who are absent, they gain the trust of those present.
I know what is good for me, but I do what is bad for me.
Ovid
Jane: [...] Most of the time it is our own vanity that deceives us. For women, the admiration they believe in the object means more than that...
Jane Austen
Being happy means stopping being a victim of problems and becoming an author of your own story.
Augusto Cury
The loneliest place in the world is right in the middle of the crowds.
Eleanor H. Porter
The greatest provocation to the proud is the pride of others.
Unknown