| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Mercy |
| | | A merciful man is merciful to his beast. | 1 |
| It is safer to err on the side of mercy. Coke. | 2 |
| Mercy and truth preserve the king and his throne is upheld by mercy. Bible. | 3 |
| Mercy but murders, pardoning those who kill. Shakespeare. | 4 |
| Mercy often inflicts death. Seneca. | 5 |
| Mercy sways the brave. Homer. | 6 |
| Mercy to him that shows it, is the rule. Cowper. | 7 |
| Mercy to the criminal may be cruelty to the people. Arabian Nights. | 8 |
| Misplaced lenity is an offence against society. Seneca. | 9 |
| Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy. Shakespeare. | 10 |
| Sweet mercy is nobility’s true badge. Shakespeare. | 11 |
The quality of mercy is not strain’d:
* * * * * * * * it becomes
The throned monarch better than his crown. Shakespeare. | 12 | | |
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