"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 don't believe in the perfectibility of the human race."

"I have a great contempt for all forms of political corruption."

"I am a man who has always been very much in the habit of doing what he likes, and of not doing what he doesn't like."

"I never could have done what I have done, without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time."