Laws are always useful to those who possess and vexatious to those who have nothing.
I may be no better, but at least I am different.
Everything degenerates in the hands of man.
The only moral lesson which is suited for a child--the most important lesson for every time of life--is this: 'Never hurt anybody.
Interest is the spur of the people, but glory that of great souls.
In any case, frequent punishments are a sign of weakness or slackness in the government. There is no man so bad that he cannot be made good for something. No man should be put to death, even as an example, if he can be left to live without danger to society.