“I prefer the wicked rather than the foolish. The wicked sometimes rest.”

“Rogues are preferable to imbeciles because sometimes they take a rest.”

“And now...farewell to kindness, humanity and gratitude. I have substituted myself for Providence in rewarding the good; may the God of vengeance now yield me His place to punish the wicked.”

“And now,' said the unknown, 'farewell kindness, humanity, and gratitude! Farewell to all the feelings that expand the heart! I have been heaven's substitute to recompense the good - now the god of vengeance yields to me his power to punish the wicked!”

“God may sometimes appear to forget, when his justice is resting; but the time always comes when he remembers...”

“I'd rather have ten soldiers to guard than a single scholar.”

“If it is ones lot to be cast among fools, one must learn foolishness.”