When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.

When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.

The best of us being unfit to die, what an unexpressible absurdity to put the worst to death.

The best of us being unfit to die, what an unexpressible absurdity to put the worst to death.

Many a man spanks his children for the things his own father should have spanked out of him.

Many a man spanks his children for the things his own father should have spanked out of him.

When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.

When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.

I stew all night in my own grease.

I stew all night in my own grease.

Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for
in the image of God made he read more

Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for
in the image of God made he man.

Crime and punishment grow out of one stem.

Crime and punishment grow out of one stem.

And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for
eye, tooth for tooth, hand read more

And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for
eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

Fear follows crime, and is its punishment

Fear follows crime, and is its punishment