Teach me to feel another's woe,
To hide the fault I see;
That mercy I to others show,
That mercy show to me.
—Pope.
Underneath the wings of the seraphim are stretched the arms of the divine mercy, ever ready to receive sinners.—The Talmud.
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.—Shakespeare.
Merit.—There is merit without elevation, but there is no elevation without some merit.—La Rochefoucauld.
Distinguished merit will ever rise to oppression, and will draw lustre from reproach. The vapors which gather round the rising sun, and follow him in his course, seldom fail at the close of it to form a magnificent theatre for his reception, and to invest with variegated tints and with a softened effulgence the luminary which they cannot hide.—Robert Hall.
On their own merits modest men are dumb.—George Colman.
The art of being able to make a good use of moderate abilities wins esteem and often confers more reputation than real merit.—La Bruyère.
The mark of extraordinary merit is to see those most envious of it constrained to praise.—La Rochefoucauld.
Method.—Method is essential, and enables a larger amount of work to be got through with satisfaction. "Method," said Cecil (afterward Lord Burleigh), "is like packing things in a box; a good packer will get in half as much again as a bad one." Cecil's despatch of business was extraordinary; his maxim being, "The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once."—Samuel Smiles.
Mind.—Our minds are like certain vehicles,—when they have little to carry they make much noise about it, but when heavily loaded they run quietly.—Elihu Burritt.