Men are less forgiving than women. [ Richardson ]

A coward is the kindest animal;
'Tis the most forgiving creature in a fight. [ Dryden ]

The narrow soul knows not the godlike glory of forgiving. [ Rowe ]

Thy attributes, how endearing! how parental! all loving, all forgiving. [ Hosea Ballou ]

Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another. [ Jean Paul ]

Be generous, and pleasant-tempered, and forgiving; even as God scatters favors over thee, do thou scatter over the people. [ Saadi ]

God's way of forgiving is thorough and hearty - both to forgive and to forget; and if thine be not so, thou hast no portion of His. [ Leighton ]

It is vain for you to expect, it is impudent for you to ask of God forgiveness on your own behalf, if you refuse to exercise this forgiving temper with respect to others. [ Hoadley ]

What is more pleasing than the sight of the affectionate mother, watching with untiring devotion over her helpless child? Who can contemplate her devotion to the object of her love, enduring his waywardness, forgiving his faults, relieving his pains, and enjojdng his pleasures; pouring incessantly into his opening soul the mature wisdom of her counsels, and following him with her untiring prayers, as he finally goes forth to battle with the temptations and trials of life, without feeling that the true mother's heart is the noblest of heaven's gifts? [ H. Winslow ]