To forgive freely, is what we owe to our enemy; to forget not, is what we owe to ourselves.

Human relations are built on feeling, not on reason or knowledge. And feeling is not an exact science; like all spiritual qualities, it has the vagueness of greatness about it.

The great difference between voyages rests not with the ships, but with the people you meet on them.

To take offence is a great folly, and to give offence is a great folly - I know not which is the greater.

No man was ever ruined from without; the final ruin comes from within, when you turn hopeless and lose courage!

the fruit of life is experience, not happiness.

I have seen that every one forgives much in themselves that they find unpardonable in other people.