God, Grant Us Our Desires, And Grant

Your Wit Makes Others Witty.

You Should Know Our Mania For Building Is Stronger Than Ever. It Is A Diabolical Thing. It Consumes Money And The More You Build, The More You Want To Build. It's A Sickness Like Being Addicted To Alcohol.

Experience Shows That The Frequent Use Of Severe Punishment Has Never Rendered A People Better. The Death Of A Criminal Is A Less Effective Means Of Restraining Crimes Than The Permanent Example Of A Man Deprived Of His Liberty During The Whole Of His Life To Make Amends For The Injury He Has Done To The Public.

Assuredly Men Of Merit Are Never Lacking At Any Time, For Those Are The Men Who Manage Affairs, And It Is Affairs That Produce The Men. I Have Never Searched, And I Have Always Found Under My Hand The Men Who Have Served Me, And For The Most Part I Have Been Well Served.

It Is Better To Inspire A Reform Than To Enforce It.