"It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations."

"I have a great objection to all forms of cant and hypocrisy."

"There are some people who are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses."

"I am always deeply interested in the subject of public executions, and think that the great number of persons whom they attract, derive a salutary horror and warning from the spectacle."

"The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists."