Punishment is justice for the unjust.

Punishment is justice for the unjust.

Fear follows crime, and is its punishment

Fear follows crime, and is its punishment

Punishment - The justice that the guilty deal out to those that are caught.

Punishment - The justice that the guilty deal out to those that are caught.

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.

Crime and punishment grow out of one stem.

Crime and punishment grow out of one stem.

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

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

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.

'Tis I that call, remember Milo's end,
Wedged in that timber which he strove to rend.

'Tis I that call, remember Milo's end,
Wedged in that timber which he strove to rend.