All punishment is mischief; all punishment in itself is evil.

Without publicity, no good is permanent; under the auspices of publicity, no evil can continue.

He who thinks and thinks for himself, will always have a claim to thanks; it is no matter whether it be right or wrong, so as it be explicit. If it is right, it will serve as a guide to direct; if wrong, as a beacon to warn.

Publicity is the very soul of justice. It is the keenest spur to exertion, and the surest of all guards against improbity.

The law of England has established trial by judge and jury in the conviction that it is the mode best calculated to ascertain the truth.

Kind words cost no more than unkind ones . . . and we may scatter the seeds of courtesy and kindliness around us at so little expense. If you would fall into any extreme let it be on the side of gentleness. The human mind is so constructed that it resists vigor and yields to softness.

What is it that should trace the insuperable line? ...The question is not, Can they reason? nor Can they talk? but, Can they suffer?