The greatest crimes do not arise from a want of feeling for others but from an over-sensibility for ourselves and read more

The greatest crimes do not arise from a want of feeling for others but from an over-sensibility for ourselves and an over-indulgence to our own desires

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.]

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Society prepares the crime, the criminal commits it

Society prepares the crime, the criminal commits it

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

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

Every crime destroys more Edens than our own.

Every crime destroys more Edens than our own.

Heaven takes care that no man secures happiness by crime.
[It., Oh! ben provvide il cielo,
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Heaven takes care that no man secures happiness by crime.
[It., Oh! ben provvide il cielo,
Ch' uom per delitto mai lieto non sia.]

With his hand upon the throttle-valve of crime.

With his hand upon the throttle-valve of crime.

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.