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.

Let them stew in their own grease (or juice).
- Karl Otto von Schonhausen Bismarck,

Let them stew in their own grease (or juice).
- Karl Otto von Schonhausen Bismarck,

And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done,
so shall it be done read more

And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done,
so shall it be done to him;
Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath
caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.

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.

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.

Whipping and abuse are like laudanum: you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline.

Whipping and abuse are like laudanum: you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline.

And Cain said unto the Lord, My punishment is greater than I can
bear.

And Cain said unto the Lord, My punishment is greater than I can
bear.

To kiss the rod.

To kiss the rod.