"The day may come when the rest of the animal creation may acquire those rights which never could have been witholden …"

"[I am] at heart more of a United-States-man than an Englishman."

"It is the principle of antipathy which leads us to speak of offences as deserving punishment. It is the corresponding…"

"Create all the happiness you are able to create: remove all the misery you are able to remove. Every day will allow y…"

"To what shall the character of utility be ascribed, if not to that which is a source of pleasure?"

"It is part of a work to which if ever it should be completed I intend to give some such title as Principles of Legal …"

"Priestley was the first (unless it was Beccaria) who taught my lips to pronounce this sacred truth — that the greates…"

"Want keeps pace with dignity. Destitute of the lawful means of supporting his rank, his dignity presents a motive for…"

"Judges of elegance and taste consider themselves as benefactors to the human race, whilst they are really only the in…"

"Figure to yourself the mixture of surprise and delight which has this instant been poured into my mind by the sound o…"