Your letter of excuses has arrived. I receive the letter but do not admit the excuses except in courtesy, as when a man treads on your toes and begs your pardon - the pardon is granted, but the joint aches, especially if there is a corn upon it.Quote by George Gordon Byron about man
Like the elements of which we are composed, the action of these forces extends beyond us: it rusts iron and ripens corn.Quote by Walter Pater about opinion, force, action