Soft pity enters an iron gate.

Soft pity enters an iron gate.

Pity is best taught by fellowship in woe

Pity is best taught by fellowship in woe

She knows as well as anyone that pity, having played, soon tires.

She knows as well as anyone that pity, having played, soon tires.

Pity is for the living, envy is for the dead

Pity is for the living, envy is for the dead

A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.

A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.

Pity costs nothing, and it ain't worth nothing.

Pity costs nothing, and it ain't worth nothing.

We pity in others only those evils which we have ourselves experienced.

We pity in others only those evils which we have ourselves experienced.

It is easy to condemn, it is better to pity.

It is easy to condemn, it is better to pity.

Pity me that the heart is slow to learn What the swift mind beholds at every turn.

Pity me that the heart is slow to learn What the swift mind beholds at every turn.