Confidant Quote by Honore de Balzac

It’s a rare man who is taken for what he truly is.

— Peter S. Beagle

A man endures misfortune without complaint.

— Franz Schubert

Constancy in a man is rare.

— Catherine Cookson

He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part if attacked by another, that man is a scoundrel.

— Horace

The man abandoned by his friends, one after another, without just cause, will acquire, the reputation of being hard to please, changeable, ungrateful, unsociable.

— Philibert Joseph Roux

He who is enamored of himself will at least have the advantage of being inconvenienced by few rivals.

— Anonymous

He who is in love with himself has no rivals.

— Benjamin Franklin

Rarest of all is the man who can and does reason at all times, quickly, accurately, inclusively, despite hope or fear or bodily distress,…

— Robert A. Heinlein

A man is perhaps ungrateful, but often less chargeable with ingratitude than his benefactor is.

— François De La Rochefoucauld

A poor man is shunned by all his relatives - how much more do his friends avoid him! Though he pursues them with pleading,…

— Bible

A man who has been in danger, When he comes out of it forgets his fears, And sometimes he forgets his promises.

— Euripides

Seldom or never is a poor man honored by the world; however worthy of honor he may be, he is apt rather to be…

— Teresa of Avila