Of the three official objects of our prison system: vengeance, deterrence, and reformation of the criminal, only one is achieved; and that is the one which is nakedly abominable.

Only fools repeat the same things over and over, expecting to obtain different results.

Wise kings wear shabby clothes, and leave the gold lace to the drum major.

Obedience simulates subordination as fear of the police simulates honesty.

I assume that to prevent illness in later life, you should never have been born at all.

Ireland, sir, for good or evil, is like no other place under heaven, and no man can touch its sod or breathe its air without becoming better or worse.

We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience.