"I have a profound distrust of all forms of religious enthusiasm."

"It is a most extraordinary thing that I have not been able to get a moment's peace since I came to this house."

"I have a strong impression that the present system of voting is a very bad one."

"I believe that the present system of prison discipline is a failure."

"Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts."