He who profits by a crime commits it

He who profits by a crime commits it

Fear follows crime, and is its punishment.

Fear follows crime, and is its punishment.

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.

Heaven takes care that no man secures happiness by crime.
[It., Oh! ben provvide il cielo,
Ch' read more

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

Whenever man commits a crime heaven finds a witness.

Whenever man commits a crime heaven finds a witness.

There's not a crime
But takes its proper change out still in crime
If once rung on read more

There's not a crime
But takes its proper change out still in crime
If once rung on the counter of this world.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

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.]

We enact many laws that manufacture criminals, and then a few that punish them.

We enact many laws that manufacture criminals, and then a few that punish them.