It is not for human judgment to dive into the heart of man, to know whether his intentions are good or evil.

That corporations are the creatures of the Crown must be universally admitted.

It is not for human judgment to dive into the heart of man, to know whether his intentions are good or evil.

To enter into the hearts of men belongs to him who can explore the human heart.

All Governments rest mainly on public opinion, and to that of his own subjects every wise Sovereign will look. The opinion of his subjects will force a Sovereign to do his duty, and by that opinion will he be exalted or depressed in the politics of the world.

We must judge of a man's motives from his overt acts.

I have heard that it was the perfection of the administration of criminal justice to take care that the punishment should come to few and the example to many.