Let the punishment fit the crime

Let the punishment fit the crime

Some have been beaten till they know
What wood a cudgel's of by th' blow:
Some kick'd read more

Some have been beaten till they know
What wood a cudgel's of by th' blow:
Some kick'd until they can feel whether
A shoe be Spanish or neat's leather.

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

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

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.

Fear follows crime, and is its punishment

Fear follows crime, and is its punishment

Punishment is justice for the unjust.

Punishment is justice for the unjust.

Not the punishment but the cause makes the martyr.

Not the punishment but the cause makes the martyr.

Frieth in his own grease.

Frieth in his own grease.

I stew all night in my own grease.

I stew all night in my own grease.