Pity

"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."

"The person who deserves most pity is a lonesome one on a rainy day who doesn't know how to read."

"It is a thousand pities never to say what one feels."

"Love is not pity. Love is fire."

"Religions that teach pity, self-contempt, humility, self-restraint and guilt are incorrect."

"Ice-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn't illegal."