The Ocean of Theosophy by William Q. Judge (1893), Chapter 11, Karma
World of the Five Gods series, The Curse of Chalion (2000)
The Essays Or Counsels, Civil And Moral, Of Francis Ld. Verulam Viscount St. Albans (1625), Of Judicature
“Mercy is "Alpha," justice is "Omega."”
Quotes from secondary sources, Smooth Stones Taken From Ancient Brooks, 1860
“Mercy and justice, marching cheek by joule.”
First Week, First Day.
La Semaine; ou, Création du monde (1578)
“Mercy is of greater value than justice.”
La clémence vaut mieux que la justice.
Source: Reflections and Maxims (1746), p. 174.
“Thwackum was for doing justice, and leaving mercy to heaven.”
Book III, Ch. 10
The History of Tom Jones (1749)
Table-Talk (1857)
Context: The Laws of Nature are just, but terrible. There is no weak mercy in them. Cause and consequence are inseparable and inevitable. The elements have no forbearance. The fire burns, the water drowns, the air consumes, the earth buries. And perhaps it would be well for our race if the punishment of crimes against the Laws of Man were as inevitable as the punishment of crimes against the Laws of Nature, — were Man as unerring in his judgments as Nature.
