What Right Can Give Anyone Authority To

You Should Know Our Mania For Building Is Stronger Than Ever. It Is A Diabolical Thing. It Consumes Money And The More You Build, The More You Want To Build. It's A Sickness Like Being Addicted To Alcohol.

All Punishments By Which The Human Body Might Be Maimed Are Barbarbarism.

Experience Shows That The Frequent Use Of Severe Punishment Has Never Rendered A People Better. The Death Of A Criminal Is A Less Effective Means Of Restraining Crimes Than The Permanent Example Of A Man Deprived Of His Liberty During The Whole Of His Life To Make Amends For The Injury He Has Done To The Public.

Your Wits Make Others Witty.

Praise Is The Only Gift For Which People Are Really Grateful. Marguerite, Countess Of Blessington I Praise Loudly; I Blame Softly.