"Love is not pity. Love is fire."
"It is a thousand pities never to say what one feels."
"Religions that teach pity, self-contempt, humility, self-restraint and guilt are incorrect."
"Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything good in the world."
"We are all born sexual creatures, thank God, but it's a pity so many people despise and crush this natural gift."
"Ice-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn't illegal."
"The person who deserves most pity is a lonesome one on a rainy day who doesn't know how to read."