A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The more a man knows, the more he forgives.
The ability to forgive is one of man's greatest achievements.
He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for every man has need to be forgiven.
Man wants to be reconciled to God; wants to know that the past is forgiven.
It is a very delicate job to forgive a man, without lowering him in his own estimation, and yours too.
It is easier often to forgive than to be forgiven; yet it is fatal to be willing to be forgiven by God and to be reluctant to be forgiven by men.
The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.
The wise man knows how to run his life so that contemplation is Possible.
The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.
A man must fortify himself and understand that a wise man who yields to laziness or anger or passion or love of drink, or who commits any other action prompted by impulse and inopportune, will probably find his fault condoned; but if he stoops to greed, he will not be pardoned, but render himself odious as a combination of all vices at once.