Success depends upon the choice of the means employed. Everything ought also to be avoided which has an appearance of great study and refinement.
Punishment ought only to be inflicted of necessity, and with feelings of regret and repugnance.
The multitude of instruments possessed by a surgeon, may be contemplated with satisfaction, as intended to promote the cure and lessen the weight of our sufferings. The same satisfaction will not, however, be felt in contemplating a variety of punishments, and they will most likely be considered as degrading to the character of the legislator. With these precautions, analogy is calculated to produce only good effects. It puts us in the track of discovering the most economical and efficacious punishments. Bentham, but he knew how to read the human heart.