God created man in his own image. And man, being a gentleman, returned the favor.
The severity of penalties is only a vain resource, invented by little minds in order to substitute terror for that respect which they have no means of obtaining.
Luxury... corrupts at once rich and poor, the rich by possession and the poor by covetousness.
It is often said that my heart is too open for my own good.
The more humanity owes the poor man, the more society denies him.
Little privations are easily endured when the heart is better treated than the body.