There is no debt with so much prejudice put off as that of justice.

Owing someone justice and postponing it does more damage than any other kind of delay. An apology deferred, a wrong left unaddressed, a payment or an acknowledgement held back: the debt grows in a way money does not, because the other person is living inside the wait. Time makes this one harder to settle rather than easier.

If you owe something in that line, do it before the week is out. Make it plain and unqualified rather than well-worded. The discomfort of paying late is much smaller than the discomfort of continuing to owe it.