Young men soon give, and soon forget, affronts; old age is slow in both.

Children show scars like medals. Lovers use them as secrets to reveal. A scar is what happens when the word is made flesh.

An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence; a vain man, in order that it may.

No one likes having offended another person; hence everyone feels so much better if the other person doesn't show he's been offended. Nobody likes being confronted by a wounded spaniel. Remember that. It is much easier patiently -- and tolerantly -- to avoid the person you have injured than to approach him as a friend. You need courage for that.