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.

Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law.

Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law.

Obviously crime pays, or there'd be no crime.

Obviously crime pays, or there'd be no crime.

Fear follows crime, and is its punishment.

Fear follows crime, and is its punishment.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

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.

Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.

Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.

The crime and not the scaffold makes the shame.
[Fr., Le crime fait la honte et non pas l'echafaud.]

The crime and not the scaffold makes the shame.
[Fr., Le crime fait la honte et non pas l'echafaud.]

With his hand upon the throttle-valve of crime.

With his hand upon the throttle-valve of crime.