quote

 “I believe therefore that it would be better, instead of imprisoning of thieves and concerning ourselves only with punishing the crimes, to run the country in such a way that no man would ever be hungry or cold. When a man lacks steady employment, his heart is not steady, and in extremity he will steal. As long as the country is not properly governed and people suffer from cold and hunger, there will be never an end to crime. It is pitiful to make people suffer, to force them to break the law, and then to punish them.”

(Essays in Idleness. The Tsurezuregusa of Kenko, 1330-1332)

From Charles Dickens, American Notes

"The journey from New York to Philadelphia, is made by railroad, and two ferries; and usually occupies between five and six hours. It was a fine evening when we were passengers in the train: and, watching the bright sunset from a little window near the door by which we sat, my attention was attracted to a remarkable appearance issuing from the windows of the gentlemen’s car immediately in front of us, which I supposed for some time was occasioned by a number of industrious persons inside, ripping open feather-beds, and giving the feathers to the wind. At length it occurred to me that they were only spitting, which was indeed the case; though how any number of passengers which it was possible for that car to contain, could have maintained such a playful and incessant shower of expectoration, I am still at loss to understand: notwithstanding the experience in all salivary phenomena which I afterwards acquired."

Charles Dickens, American Notes (Part 1, chapter 7)

From Ambrose Bierce

 "Passport (n): a document treacherously inflicted upon a citizen going abroad, exposing him as an alien and pointing him out for special reprobation and outrage" 

(Ambrose Bierce, The enlarged Devil's dictionary).

перевод:

"Паспорт (существительное): документ, коварно привязанный к гражданину, путешествующему за границу, и представляющий его чужаком, вызывающим особое неодобрение и порицание"

(Амброуз Бирс, Дополненный словарь дьявола).