A crafty knave needs no broker.

A crafty knave needs no broker.

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.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

Whoever profits by the crime is guilty of it.

Whoever profits by the crime is guilty of it.

There are few better measures of the concern a society has for its individual members and its own well being read more

There are few better measures of the concern a society has for its individual members and its own well being than the way it handles criminals.

You are not to do evil that good may come of it.
[Lat., Non faciat malum, ut inde veniat read more

You are not to do evil that good may come of it.
[Lat., Non faciat malum, ut inde veniat bonum.]

He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.

He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.

For whoever meditates a crime is guilty of the deed.
[Lat., Nam scelus intra se tacitum qui cogitat ullum,
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For whoever meditates a crime is guilty of the deed.
[Lat., Nam scelus intra se tacitum qui cogitat ullum,
Facti crimen habet.]

Purposelessness is the fruitful mother of crime.

Purposelessness is the fruitful mother of crime.