Parents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them.
Not every great man is a grand human being.
That bad manners are so prevalent in the world is the fault of good manners.
Only those few people who practice it believe in goodness.
One has to do good in order for it to exist in the world.
Between being able to and actually doing something lies an ocean, and on its bottom rests all too often the wreck of willpower.