Cesare Beccaria: As punishments become more cruel, the minds of men, which like fluids always adjust to the level of the objects that surround them, become hardened, and after a hundred years of cruel punishments, breaking on the wheel causes no more fear than imprisonment previously did.
西萨尔·贝卡里亚： 当刑罚变得更残酷时， 人的思想，就好像液体一样 总是变得像他们周围 物体一样，变得无情， 在经历一百年的残忍刑罚后， 轮刑不会比像以前那样 比监禁造成更大的恐惧。