Making Allowances

That is a very lovely disposition which excuses the faults of others, albeit severe with its own, on the plea that there is some reason, unseen and unsuspected, which, were it revealed, would go far to modify a harsh judgment. We are told of, or we observe in some fellow creature, actions which our tastes or our principles condemn; or we are pained by something which a friend says or does. Let us not only have patience, but let us also be tolerant, since we can not know all the difficulties with which another must contend, nor can we estimate the weights with which another is handicapped in the race of life.--Anon