Pity makes suffering contagious. — Pity

"Pity in woman is a great beautifier."

"O, brother man! fold to thy heart thy brother; Where pity dwells, the peace of God is there; To worship rightly is to love each other, Each smile a hymn, each kindly deed a prayer."

"I shall despair. There is no creature loves me; And if I die, no soul shall pity me: Nay, wherefore should they, since that I myself Find in myself no pity to myself?"

"La plaincte et la commiseration sont meslees à quelque estimation de la chose quon plaind."

"Plurumque in summo periculo timor misericordiam non recipit."

"Friends should be very delicate and careful in administering pity as medicine, when enemies use the same article as poison."