Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
We know what we are, but know not what we may be.
He that is truly dedicated to war hath no self-love
Take but degree away, untune that string, and hark, what discord follows!
The world must be peopled!
We are oft to blame in this, - 'tis too much proved, - that with devotion's visage, and pios action we do sugar o'er the devil himself.