Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Mercy

A merciful man is merciful to his beast.

It is safer to err on the side of mercy.Coke.

Mercy and truth preserve the king and his throne is upheld by mercy.Bible.

Mercy but murders, pardoning those who kill.Shakespeare.

Mercy often inflicts death.Seneca.

Mercy sways the brave.Homer.

Mercy to him that shows it, is the rule.Cowper.

Mercy to the criminal may be cruelty to the people.Arabian Nights.

Misplaced lenity is an offence against society.Seneca.

Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.Shakespeare.

Sweet mercy is nobility’s true badge.Shakespeare.

The quality of mercy is not strain’d:
++++++++it becomes
The throned monarch better than his crown.Shakespeare.