Punishment is the last and least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator for the prevention of crime. - John Ruskin

A monk of La Trappe, a French soldier of the Imperial Guard, and a thriving mill-owner, supposing each a type, and no more than a type, of his class, are all interesting specimens of humanity, but narrow ones, — so narrow that even all the three together would not make up a perfect man.

All of one's life is a music, if one touches the notes rightly and in time.

I libri si dividono in due categorie: i libri per adesso e i libri per sempre.