Self-interest Usually Brings Injustice With It.

Nothing Is More Difficult, In My Opinion, Than To Avoid Something That Fundamentally Attracts You.

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 In A Loud Voice And To Scold In A Whisper.

The Laws Ought To Be So Framed As To Secure The Safety Of Every Citizen As Much As Possible. ... Political Liberty Does Not Consist In The Notion That A Man May Do Whatever He Pleases; Liberty Is The Right To Do Whatsoever The Laws Allow. ... The Equality Of The Citizens Consists In That They Should All Be Subject To The Same Laws.

To Tempt, And To Be Tempted, Are Things Very Nearly Allied, And, In Spite Of The Finest Maxims Of Morality Impressed Upon The Mind, Whenever Feeling Has Anything To Do In The Matter, No Sooner Is It Excited Than We Have Already Gone Vastly Farther Than We Are Aware Of, And I Have Yet To Learn How It Is Possible To Prevent Its Being Excited.