But many a crime deemed innocent on earth
Is registered in Heaven; and these no doubt
Have read more

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.

I never killed anybody, I never raped anybody, I never committed no crimes that weren't honorable.

I never killed anybody, I never raped anybody, I never committed no crimes that weren't honorable.

Where crime is taught from early years, it becomes a part of
nature.
[Lat., Ars fit ubi a read more

Where crime is taught from early years, it becomes a part of
nature.
[Lat., Ars fit ubi a teneris crimen condiscitur annis.]

With his hand upon the throttle-valve of crime.

With his hand upon the throttle-valve of crime.

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.]

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

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.

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.]

He who profits by a crime commits it

He who profits by a crime commits it