"Till seven times! shall I forgive?" Was asked our gracious Lord, List to his answer, heed and live, "Seventy times seven" 's His word. "Forgive, and ye shall be forgiven;" Doubt not the word of heaven. --_Unknown._ 622 He that cannot forgive others, breaks down the bridge over which he must pass himself, for every one has need to be forgiven. --_Lord Herbert._ 623 The world never forgives; it is only God and our mothers that can do that. --_Ellen F. Fowler._ 624 Forgiveness that covers only part of the wrong, is like two fingers given in a handshake. --_Wells._ 625 SUPPOSE YOU TRY FORGIVENESS. The story is told of a British soldier who had broken every rule of the army and on whom every form of punishment had been inflicted without avail. He sinned again. His commanding officer was in despair as to what should be done. A fellow officer said, "Suppose you try forgiveness." The guilty soldier was summoned. On being asked what he had to say in palliation of his offense, he hung his head and replied: "Nothing, except I'm very sorry." "Well," said the officer, "We have decided to forgive you." The culprit looked dazed, burst into tears, saluted, and went out to become one of the best soldiers in the army. --_From The Rise of a Soul._ By James I. Vance. 626 Individuals sometimes forgive, but bodies and societies never do. 627 Nothing is more dangerous to men than a sudden change of fortune. --_Quintilian._ 628 The continuance of good fortune forms no ground of ultimate security. 629 Fortune gives too much to many, but to none enough. --_Martial._ 630 Good-fortune comes to some people while they are asleep, i. e., without their seeking it. 631 Good fortune that comes seldom, comes more welcome. --_Dryden._ 632 How often it is, in the twinkling of an eye one vicissitude of fortune follows another. --_Horatius._ 633 That which we acquire with most difficulty, we retain the longest; as those who have earned a fortune are usually more careful of it than those who have inherited one. --_Cotton._ 634 Fortune knocks once at least at every one's door. 635 If fortune favors you, do not be too elated; if she frowns, do not despond too much. 636 Manners often make fortunes. 637 Fortune sometimes makes quick despatch, and in a day May strip you bare as beggary itself. --_Cumberland._ 638