There is no satisfaction in hanging a man who does not object to it.

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child.

The heretic is always better dead. And mortal eyes cannot distinguish the saint from the heretic.

Like all young men, you greatly exaggerate the difference between one young woman and another.

Home life is no more natural to us than a cage is natural to a cockatoo.

Assassination on the scaffold is the worst form of assassination.