I have seen that every one forgives much in themselves that they find unpardonable in other people.
To forgive freely, is what we owe to our enemy; to forget not, is what we owe to ourselves.
To take offence is a great folly, and to give offence is a great folly -- I know not which is the greater ...
This world is run with far too tight a rein for luck to interfere. Fortune sells her wares; she never gives them. In some form or other, we pay for her favors; or we go empty away.