“Good and bad men are each less so than they seem.”

“You seem to be under the impression that there is a special breed of bad humans. There is no such thing as a stereotype bad man in this world. Under normal conditions, everybody is more or less good, or, at least, ordinary. But tempt them, and they may suddenly change. That is what is so frightening about men.”

“A modest dress is a very good thing, if it be the genuine indication of a humble heart, and is to instruct; but it is a bad thing if it be the hypocritical disguise of a proud ambitious heart, and is to deceive. Let men be really as good as they seem to be, but not seem to be better than really they are.”

“Mankind are greater gainers by suffering each other to live as seem good to themselves than by compelling each to live as seems good to the rest.”

“Better fare hard with good men than feast it with bad.”

“Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.”