February 19

“It is wise not to be very impatient to justify oneself; and, altogether, too much stress should not be laid upon calumny by the calumniated, else their serious work will be for ever interrupted; and they should remember that it is not so much their business to explain to others all they do, as to be sure that it will bear explanation and satisfy themselves.”

A. HELPS

“Certainly in taking revenge a man is but even with his enemy, but in passing it over he is superior, for it is a prince’s part to pardon. And solomon, I am sure, says, ‘It is the glory of a man to pass by the offence.’ That which is past is gone and irrevocable, and wise men have enough to do with things present and to come; therefore they do but trifle with themselves that labour in past matters.”

BACON

“The best way of revenge is not to imitate the injury.”

MARCUS AURELIUS