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.

I stew all night in my own grease.

I stew all night in my own grease.

'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.

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.

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.

Crime and punishment grow out of one stem.

Crime and punishment grow out of one stem.

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

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

Frieth in his own grease.

Frieth in his own grease.