The Voice of Common Sense
It is this, and not the Voice of the Lord, which maketh men to be of
one mind in an house. But then, the Voice of the Lord is the voice
of common sense which is shared by all that is.
Amendes Honorables
There is hardly an offence so great but if it be frankly apologised
for it is easily both forgiven and forgotten. There is hardly an
offence so small but it rankles if he who has committed it does not
express proportionate regret. Expressions of regret help genuine
regret and induce amendment of life, much as digging a channel helps
water to flow, though it does not make the water. If a man refuses
to make them and habitually indulges his own selfishness at the
expense of what is due to other people, he is no better than a
drunkard or a debauchee, and I have no more respect for him than I
have for the others.
We all like to forgive, and we all love best not those who offend us
least, nor those who have done most for us, but those who make it
most easy for us to forgive them.
So a man may lose both his legs and live for years in health if the
amputation has been clean and skilful, whereas a pea in his boot may
set up irritation which must last as long as the pea is there and may
in the end kill him.
Forgiveness and Retribution
It is no part of the bargain that we are never to commit trespasses.
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