And the only thing to do with a sin is to confess, do penance and then, after some kind of decent interval, ask for forgiveness. – Joseph J. Ellis

When theres that forgiveness present and compassion, it just helps you live so much easier. – Craig T. Nelson

I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I cannot forgive. – Henry Ward Beecher

When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even our virtues. – Honore de Balzac