[on Peter Iii:] He Did Not Have

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.

I Like To Praise And Reward Loudly, To Blame Quietly.

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

Assuredly Men Of Merit Are Never Lacking At Any Time, For Those Are The Men Who Manage Affairs, And It Is Affairs That Produce The Men. I Have Never Searched, And I Have Always Found Under My Hand The Men Who Have Served Me, And For The Most Part I Have Been Well Served.

You Must Be Gay; Only Thus Can Life Be Endured. I Speak From Experience For I Have Had To Endure Much, And Have Only Been Able To Endure It Because I Have Always Laughed Whenever I Had The Chance.