Pity is best taught by fellowship in woe.

Pity is best taught by fellowship in woe.

Pity is not natural to man. Children and savages are always cruel. Pity is acquired and improved by the cultivation read more

Pity is not natural to man. Children and savages are always cruel. Pity is acquired and improved by the cultivation of reason. We may have uneasy sensations from seeing a creature in distress, without pity; but we have not pity unless we wish to relieve him.

Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

Pity costs nothing, and it ain't worth nothing.

Pity costs nothing, and it ain't worth nothing.

A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.

A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.

Soft pity enters an iron gate.

Soft pity enters an iron gate.

Pity the man who has a character to support -- it is worse than a large family -- he is read more

Pity the man who has a character to support -- it is worse than a large family -- he is silent poor indeed.

Pity is best taught by fellowship in woe

Pity is best taught by fellowship in woe

Pity me that the heart is slow to learn What the swift mind beholds at every turn.

Pity me that the heart is slow to learn What the swift mind beholds at every turn.