Let the punishment be equal with the offence.
[Lat., Noxiae poena par esto.]

Let the punishment be equal with the offence.
[Lat., Noxiae poena par esto.]

Crime and punishment grow out of one stem.

Crime and punishment grow out of one stem.

And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee
to enter into life maimed, read more

And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee
to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell,
into the fire that never shall be quenched:
Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.

Something lingering with boiling oil in it . . . something
humorous but lingering--with either boiling oil or melted read more

Something lingering with boiling oil in it . . . something
humorous but lingering--with either boiling oil or melted lead.

Men simply copied the realities of their hearts when they built prisons

Men simply copied the realities of their hearts when they built prisons

That is the bitterest of all,--to wear the yoke of our own
wrong-doing.

That is the bitterest of all,--to wear the yoke of our own
wrong-doing.

Not the punishment but the cause makes the martyr.

Not the punishment but the cause makes the martyr.

Men are not punished for their sins, but by them.

Men are not punished for their sins, but by them.

If punishment makes not the will supple it hardens the offender.

If punishment makes not the will supple it hardens the offender.