It ain't sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any.

It ain't sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any.

But the trail of the serpent is over them all.

But the trail of the serpent is over them all.

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

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

I couldn't live in peace if I put the shadow of a wilful sin
between myself and God.

I couldn't live in peace if I put the shadow of a wilful sin
between myself and God.

Commit the oldest sins the newest kind of ways

Commit the oldest sins the newest kind of ways

Law can discover sin, but not remove,
Save by those shadowy expiations weak.

Law can discover sin, but not remove,
Save by those shadowy expiations weak.

After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.

After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.

Nor custom, nor example, nor cast numbers
Of such as do offend, make less the sin.

Nor custom, nor example, nor cast numbers
Of such as do offend, make less the sin.

Commit a sin twice and it will not seem a crime.

Commit a sin twice and it will not seem a crime.