"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."

"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."

"I have a great contempt for all cant and humbug."

"There is a wisdom of the head, and there is a wisdom of the heart."

"I am a most uncompromising enemy of the present system of administering the poor-laws."