I stew all night in my own grease.

I stew all night in my own grease.

Punishment is justice for the unjust.

Punishment is justice for the unjust.

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.

Fear follows crime, and is its punishment

Fear follows crime, and is its punishment

Two of the cruelest, most primitive punishments our town deals out to those who fall from favor are the empty read more

Two of the cruelest, most primitive punishments our town deals out to those who fall from favor are the empty mailbox and the silent telephone.

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.

See they suffer death,
But in their deaths remember they are men,
Strain not the laws to read more

See they suffer death,
But in their deaths remember they are men,
Strain not the laws to make their tortures grievous.

He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him
chasteneth him betimes.

He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him
chasteneth him betimes.

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

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