Silvio Pellico

“ At this time of day they are not so easily got over as you might think; you are not so raw as to imagine such a thing. Pardon me, but you will know more by and by."
"Tell me, how come you to have so pleasant a look, living only, as you do, among the unfortunate?" ”

“ Truly, I sometimes pretend to be merry to bring a smile upon their faces."
"A thought has just struck me, my friend, which I never had before; it is, that a jailer may be made of very congenial clay."
"Well, the trade has nothing to do with that, sir. Beyond that huge vault you see there, without the court-yard, is another court, and other prisons, all prepared for women. They are, sir, women of a certain class; yet are there some angels among them, as to a good heart. ”

“ I rejoice at it, if, indeed, it be a sign, forgive me the expression, that you are not a scoundrel. Your scoundrels (for I am an old hand at the trade, and my observations are worth something) are always more enraged the second day after their arrest than the first. ”