December 18

Who can understand his errors? cleanse Thou me from secret faults.—Ps. xix, 12.

Don't look for flaws as you go through life;

And even when you find them,

It is wise and kind to be somewhat blind,

And look for the virtue behind them.

ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.

However good you may be, you have faults; however dull you may be, you can find out what some of them are: and however slight they may be, you had better make some patient effort to get rid of them.

JOHN RUSKIN.

You will find it less easy to uproot faults than to choke them by gaining virtues. Do not think of your faults; still less of others' faults; in every person who comes near you look for what is good and strong: honor that; rejoice in it; and, as you can, try to imitate it; and your faults will drop off, like dead leaves, when their time comes.

JOHN RUSKIN.