Crime is a product of social excess.

Crime is a product of social excess.

Fear follows crime, and is its punishment.

Fear follows crime, and is its punishment.

Nor all that heralds rake from coffin'd clay,
Nor florid prose, nor honied lies of rhyme,
Can read more

Nor all that heralds rake from coffin'd clay,
Nor florid prose, nor honied lies of rhyme,
Can blazon evil deeds, or consecrate a crime.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.

Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.

If you do big things they print your face, and if you do little things they print only your thumbs.

If you do big things they print your face, and if you do little things they print only your thumbs.

Disgrace does not consist in the punishment, but in the crime.
[It., Non nella pena,
Nel delitto read more

Disgrace does not consist in the punishment, but in the crime.
[It., Non nella pena,
Nel delitto e la infamia.]

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.

It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.

It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.