“It is not right if I am wrong. But if I am young, and right, what does my age matter?”

“How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong!”

“So here I am, against my will and yours too, well I know-- no one wants the man who brings bad news.”

“It's terrible when the one who does the judging judges things all wrong.”

“Oh it's terrible when the one who does the judging judges things all wrong.”

“Your edict, King, was strong,But all your strength is weakness itself againstThe immortal unrecorded laws of God.They are not merely now: they were, and shall be,Operative for ever, beyond man utterly.I knew I must die, even without your decree:I am only mortal. And if I must dieNow, before it is my time to die,Surely this is no hardship: can anyoneLiving, as I live, with evil all about me,Think Death less than a friend?”

“The truth is what I cherish and that's my strength”