Fear follows crime, and is its punishment.

Fear follows crime, and is its punishment.

The punishment can be remitted; the crime is everlasting.
[Lat., Poena potest demi, culpa perennis erit.]

The punishment can be remitted; the crime is everlasting.
[Lat., Poena potest demi, culpa perennis erit.]

And who are the greater criminals--those who sell the instruments of death, or those who buy them and use them?

And who are the greater criminals--those who sell the instruments of death, or those who buy them and use them?

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.

I hate this "crime doesn't pay" stuff. Crime in the United States is perhaps one of the biggest businesses in read more

I hate this "crime doesn't pay" stuff. Crime in the United States is perhaps one of the biggest businesses in the world today.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Many commit the same crimes with a very different result. One
bears a cross for his crime; another a read more

Many commit the same crimes with a very different result. One
bears a cross for his crime; another a crown.
[Lat., Multi committunt eadem diverso crimina fato;
Ille crucem scleris pretium tulit, hic diadema.]

The punishment of criminals should be of use; when a man is hanged he is good for nothing

The punishment of criminals should be of use; when a man is hanged he is good for nothing

I have too great a soul to die like a criminal.

I have too great a soul to die like a criminal.