"It is a most remarkable thing that the most important events of our lives are often brought about by the most trivial causes."

"I have not the least belief in the present system of education for the poor, as it is conducted in England."

"It is a principle of the human mind, that the more we have, the more we want, and the less we have, the less we want."

"There are some things in the world that a man cannot know, and ought not to know, if he could."

"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."