"Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on."
"We all like to forgive, and love best not those who offend us least, nor who have done most for us, but those who make it most easy for us to forgive them."
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Source: Samuel Butler (2008). “The Note-books of Samuel Butler: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition”, p.288, ReadHowYouWant.com
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