Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.

Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.

And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for
eye, tooth for tooth, hand read more

And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for
eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

Let them stew in their own grease (or juice).
- Karl Otto von Schonhausen Bismarck,

Let them stew in their own grease (or juice).
- Karl Otto von Schonhausen Bismarck,

Let the punishment fit the crime

Let the punishment fit the crime

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

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

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.

Frieth in his own grease.

Frieth in his own grease.

The Wolfe must dye in his owne skinne.
[The wolf must die in his own skin.]

The Wolfe must dye in his owne skinne.
[The wolf must die in his own skin.]

Fear follows crime, and is its punishment

Fear follows crime, and is its punishment