No matter how polite or gracious a secretive person may be, we can never rid ourselves of the feeling that there is a motive behind his graciousness, and that he has an ulterior purpose in view.

He is always more or less of an enigma, because he goes through life wearing a mask.

He endeavors to hide every trait that is not favorable to himself.

Never, if he can help it, do we get a glimpse of the real man.
How different the man who comes out in the open, who has no secrets, who reveals his heart to us, and who is frank, broad and liberal! How quickly he wins our confidence! How we all like and trust him! We forgive him for many a slip or weakness, because he is always ready to confess his faults, and to make amends for them.

It he has bad qualities, they are always in sight, and we are ready to make allowances for them.