It is not the responsibility of knights errant to discover whether the afflicted, the enchained and the oppressed whom they encounter on the road are reduced to these circumstances and suffer this distress for their vices, or for their virtues: the knight's sole responsibility is to succour them as people in need, having eyes only for their sufferings, not for their misdeeds.

Truth will rise above falsehood as oil above water.

When in doubt, lean to the side of #‎ mercy .

Sorrow was made for man, not for beasts; yet if men encourage melancholy too much, they become no better than beasts.

Soul of fibre and heart of oak.

Take away the motive, and you take away the sin.

Let the worst come to the worst.