Fancy that thou deservest to be hanged. . . thou wilt feel it happiness to be only shot: fancy that thou deservest to be hanged in a hair halter, it will be a luxury to die in hemp.
Source: Teufelsdr?ckh, in Sartor Resartus, bk. 2, ch. 9 (1833 --34).
-- Thomas Carlyle, (Dec 4 1795-1881), Scottish essayist, historian; He was considered one of the era's great sages and man of letters; wrote The French Revolution, 1837.