There is immense wisdom in the old proverb, "He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty." Hannah Moore said, "If I wish to punish my enemy, I should make him hate somebody." To punish ourselves for others' faults, is superlative folly. The mental arrow shot from another's bow is practically harmless, unless our own thoughts barbs it. It is our pride that makes another's criticism rankle, our self-will that makes another's deed offensive, our egotism that feels hurt by another's self-assertion. Well may we feel wounded by our own faults; but we can hardly afford to be miserable for the faults of others. A courtier told Constantine that a mob had broken the head of his statue with stones. The emperor lifted his hand to his head, saying: "It is very surprising, but I don't feel hurt in the least."
First half from page 223, Miscellaneous Writings by M. B. Eddy
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