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— Robert Payne"All is forgiven to kings and popes. History grants them immunity, even a full pardon, even when they admit their crimes and glory in them."
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If ever I am a mother I will zealously strive against this crime of over- indulgence. I can hardly give it a milder name when I think of the evils it brings.
— Anne Bronte
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Small crimes always precede great crimes. Whoever has been able to transgress the limits set by law may afterwards violate the most sacred rights; crime, like virtue, has its degrees, and never have we seen timid innocence pass suddenly to extreme licentiousness.
— Jean Racine
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