Punishment is not for revenge, but to lessen crime and reform the
criminal.

Punishment is not for revenge, but to lessen crime and reform the
criminal.

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

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

Not the punishment but the cause makes the martyr.

Not the punishment but the cause makes the martyr.

Fear follows crime, and is its punishment

Fear follows crime, and is its punishment

Every sin brings its punishment with it.

Every sin brings its punishment with it.

Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the
guilt; and also that some men do not read more

Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the
guilt; and also that some men do not suffer for offenses for
which others are not even indicted.
[Lat., Cavendum est ne major poena quam culpa sit; et ne iisdem
de causis alii plectantur, alii ne appellentur quidem.]

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 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.

Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.

Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.