"I hope that real love and affection are long-lived. I hope that real love and affection are not easily chilled by absence, or killed by separation."

"The one great principle of the English law is, to make business for itself."

"The older I grow, the more I dislike the cant of all kinds, and especially religious cant."

"I have a strong dislike for all forms of political humbug."

"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."