He has all of the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.

Only crime and the criminal, it is true, confront us with the perplexity of radical evil; but only the hypocrite is really rotten to the core.

Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so.

First of all, I didn't suggest that we should simply get rid of all prisons.

The law of nations is naturally founded on this principle, that different nations ought in time of peace to do one another all the good they can, and in time of war as little injury as possible, without prejudicing their real interests.