To read between the lines was easier than to follow the text.

Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.

He never does a proper thing without giving an improper reason for it.

We should often be ashamed of our finest actions if the world understood all the motives behind them.

Every woman is supposed to have the same set of motives, or else to be a monster.

We are all selfish and I no more trust myself than others with a good motive.