Not the punishment but the cause makes the martyr.

Not the punishment but the cause makes the martyr.

I have wrought great use out of evil tools.

I have wrought great use out of evil tools.

Evil requires the sanction of the victim.

Evil requires the sanction of the victim.

The best of us being unfit to die, what an unexpressible absurdity to put the worst to death.

The best of us being unfit to die, what an unexpressible absurdity to put the worst to death.

Of two evils choose the least.
[Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]

Of two evils choose the least.
[Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]

Cursed is the man who dies, but the evil done by him survives.

Cursed is the man who dies, but the evil done by him survives.

They that know no evil will suspect none.

They that know no evil will suspect none.

The world, the flesh, the devil.

The world, the flesh, the devil.

Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.

Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.