COURAGE.
A higher degree of courage is required to pardon an injury than to avenge it. In the first, the triumph is over self, the most difficult of all; but in the second, it is over another, which is always more easily achieved.
About This Book
A collection of short meditations and aphorisms offering compact observations on human character, feeling, and conduct. It treats topics such as love, youth and age, society and politeness, conscience, gratitude, music, contemplation, and the hardening effects of experience. The tone is epigrammatic and reflective, often paradoxical, combining moral insight with personal impression rather than systematic argument. Entries are brief, titled reflections that shift between practical maxims and lyrical observation, inviting readers to reconsider familiar sentiments from fresh angles.