Being able to do exactly as one pleases is the surest way to remain perpetually unpleased. - Sydney J. Harris

A person who is going to commit an inhuman act invariably excuses himself to himself by saying, "I'm only human, after all."

The length of sentences depends upon the criminal’s wealth and type of legal help more than upon the seriousness of his transgression. Court procedures are slow and cumbersome. It is the poor and stupid criminal who gets the heaviest sentences - so the aim of criminals is to become rich and cunning, and thus avoid the harshest penalties.

It is not only useless, it is harmful, to believe in oneself until one truly knows oneself. And to know oneself means to accept our moments of insanity, of eccentricity, of childishness and blindness.