Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
The task of history is to hold out for reprobation every evil word and deed, and to hold out for praise every great and noble word and deed.
It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
Every great example of punishment has in it some injustice, but the suffering individual is compensated by the public good.
Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.