Who said “Thwackum was for doing justice, and leaving mercy to Heaven.”?

“Whipping and abuse are like laudanum: you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline.”

“Punishment is the last and least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator for the prevention of crime.”

“He must have known me had he seen me as he was wont to see me, for he was in the habit of flogging me constantly. Perhaps he did not recognise me by my face.”

“Our system is the height of absurdity, since we treat the culprit both as a child, so as to have the right to punish him, and as an adult, in order to deny him consolation.”

“No one provokes me with impunity.”

“All nature wears one universal grin.”

“One fool at least in every married couple.”

“It is not death, but dying, which is terrible.”

“Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.”

“Money is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it.”

“When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.”