The real significance of crime is in its being a breach of faith with the community of mankind.

The real significance of crime is in its being a breach of faith with the community of mankind.

You are not to do evil that good may come of it.
[Lat., Non faciat malum, ut inde veniat read more

You are not to do evil that good may come of it.
[Lat., Non faciat malum, ut inde veniat bonum.]

If you share your friend's crime, you make it your own

If you share your friend's crime, you make it your own

Whoever profits by the crime is guilty of it.

Whoever profits by the crime is guilty of it.

Successful crime is dignified with the name of virtue; the good
become the slaves of the impious; might makes read more

Successful crime is dignified with the name of virtue; the good
become the slaves of the impious; might makes right; fear
silences the power of the law.
[Lat., Prosperum ac felix scelus
Virtus vocatur; sontibus patent boni;
Jus est in armis, opprimit leges timor.]

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.

With his hand upon the throttle-valve of crime.

With his hand upon the throttle-valve of crime.

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.

Fear follows crime, and is its punishment.

Fear follows crime, and is its punishment.