1335
He that showeth mercy when it may be best spared will receive mercy when it shall be most needed.
1336
MERCY.
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.