Providence sees to it that no man gets happiness out of crime.

Providence sees to it that no man gets happiness out of crime.

It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.

It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.

What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.

What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.

All crime is a kind of disease and should be treated as such.

All crime is a kind of disease and should be treated as such.

But many a crime deemed innocent on earth
Is registered in Heaven; and these no doubt
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But many a crime deemed innocent on earth
Is registered in Heaven; and these no doubt
Have each their record, with a curse annex'd.

I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale of a book can become read more

I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale of a book can become a subject of inquiry, and of criminal inquiry too.

Small crimes always precede great ones. Never have we seen timid innocence pass suddenly to extreme licentiousness.

Small crimes always precede great ones. Never have we seen timid innocence pass suddenly to extreme licentiousness.

By his own verdict no guilty man was ever acquitted.
[Lat., Se judice, nemo nocens absolvitur.]

By his own verdict no guilty man was ever acquitted.
[Lat., Se judice, nemo nocens absolvitur.]

Purposelessness is the fruitful mother of crime.

Purposelessness is the fruitful mother of crime.