Or, rather, let us be more simple and less vain.

..reality, when calmly analysed and its consequences willingly accepted, loses much of its terror.

Simplicity is the glory of expression.

[In response to using profanity] I think I was just being myself for a moment there...Look, I think people should be kind of light about this. It's something that plenty of people have heard in their lives for sure.

Manifest plainness,
Embrace simplicity,
Reduce selfishness,
Have few desires.

But bad manners or vulgar gestures can sometimes have a touch of poetry about them, just enough not to arouse one's indignation.

An easygoing vice, I hold,
Is better than an angry virtue.

Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of admiration.

because where there is great love, generally there is not excessive boldness.

Affected simplicity is refined imposture.

The law of simplicity and naïveté applies to all fine art, for it is compatible with what is most sublime. True brevity of expression consists in a man only saying what is worth saying, while avoiding all diffuse explanations of things which every one can think out for himself; that is, it consists in his correctly distinguishing between what is necessary and what is superfluous. On the other hand, one should never sacrifice clearness, to say nothing of grammar, for the sake of being brief. To impoverish the expression of a thought, or to obscure or spoil the meaning of a period for the sake of using fewer words shows a lamentable want of judgment.

(In referring to simple pleasures) These are arts that those who ridicule should not so readily despise, since they lighten melancholy and foster friendship.

The fiend in his own shape is less hideous than when he rages in the breast of men.

if you offer wisdom from a third party, it seems less arrogant and more acceptable.