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.

Men are rewarded or punished not for what they do but for how their acts are defined. That is why read more

Men are rewarded or punished not for what they do but for how their acts are defined. That is why men are more interested in better justifying themselves than in better behaving themselves.

He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.

He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.

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

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

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

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

I stew all night in my own grease.

I stew all night in my own grease.

It is as expedient that a wicked man be punished as that a sick man be cured by a physician; read more

It is as expedient that a wicked man be punished as that a sick man be cured by a physician; for all chastisement is a kind of medicine.

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.

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.