Cruelty and fear shake hands together.

Cruelty and fear shake hands together.

Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears

Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears

Cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside of itself; it only requires opportunity

Cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside of itself; it only requires opportunity

Detested sport,
That owes its pleasures to another's pain.

Detested sport,
That owes its pleasures to another's pain.

Cruelty and fear shake hands together

Cruelty and fear shake hands together

Men are cruel, but Man is kind.

Men are cruel, but Man is kind.

Lady, you are the cruell'st she alive
If you will these graces to the grave,
And leave read more

Lady, you are the cruell'st she alive
If you will these graces to the grave,
And leave the world no copy.

All cruelty springs from hard-heartedness and weakness.

All cruelty springs from hard-heartedness and weakness.

He rejoices to have made his way by ruin of others.
[Lat., Gaudensque viam fecisse ruina.]

He rejoices to have made his way by ruin of others.
[Lat., Gaudensque viam fecisse ruina.]