"But you wanted him hanged, didn't you ?" he added.
"No, but I wanted him punished.

The truth is, I hated the fellow almost from the first." Witherspoon turned to the boy and asked: "What do you want?
Oh, did I ring for you?
Well, you may go." And then he spoke to Henry: "You hated him." "Yes." "Why ?" "Because he is a villain." "But if you hated him from the first, you hated him before you found out that he was a villain; and that was snap judgment.

I try a man before I condemn him." "And I let a man condemn himself, and some men do this the minute I see them." "But a quick judgment is nearly always wrong." "Yes, and yet it's better than a slow judgment that allows itself to be imposed upon." "Sometimes," Witherspoon agreed; and after a short silence he added: "I was just thinking of how that fellow imposed on me, but I can't quite get at the cause of my worry over him, and I don't understand why I should have been afraid that he could ruin me.

I want to ask you something, and I want you to tell me the exact truth without fear of giving offense: Have you ever thought that at times my mind was unbalanced?
Have you ?" "You haven't been well, and a sick man's mind is never sound, you know." "That's all true enough; but do I remind you very much of your uncle Andrew ?" "Yes, when you worry." "I thought so.

I've got to stop worrying; and I believe that we have more control over ourselves than we exercise.