I would not enter on my list of friends
(Though graced with polished manners and fine sense,
Yet wanting sensibility) the man
Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
An inadvertent step may crush the snail
That crawls at evening in the public path;
But he that has humanity forewarn'd,
Will tread aside, and let the reptile live.
Ye, who love mercy, teach your sons
To love it too.
--_Cowper._
1337
It is beautifully said that the veil of futurity is woven by the hand of
mercy.
--_Bulwer-Lytton._
1338
We pray for mercy, Let that same prayer teach us to render The deeds of
mercy.
--_Shakespeare._
1339
Merit does not always meet its due reward.
1340
Merit and good-breeding will make their way everywhere.
1341
All are not merry that dance lightly.
--_Herbert._
1342
When I dinna ken what I say, Sandy,
And ye dinna ken what I mean--that's metaphysics.
--_Scotch._
1343
Method will teach you to win time.
--_Goethe._
1344