It is a maxim received in life that, in general, we can determine more wisely for others than for ourselves. The reason of it is so dear in argument that it hardly wants the confirmation of experience.
The injustice done to an individual is sometimes of service to the public.
Oppression is more easily endured than insult.
Integrity is praised and then left out in the cold.
The integrity of men is to be measured by their conduct, not by their professions.
Compassion to an offender who has grossly violated the laws is, in effect, a cruelty to the peaceable subject who has observed them.