There's not a crime
But takes its proper change out still in crime
If once rung on read more

There's not a crime
But takes its proper change out still in crime
If once rung on the counter of this world.

There is no den in the wide world to hide a rogue. Commit a crime and the earth is made read more

There is no den in the wide world to hide a rogue. Commit a crime and the earth is made of glass.

Crime is not punished as an offense against God, but as
prejudicial to society.
- James read more

Crime is not punished as an offense against God, but as
prejudicial to society.
- James Anthony Froude,

Nor all that heralds rake from coffin'd clay,
Nor florid prose, nor honied lies of rhyme,
Can read more

Nor all that heralds rake from coffin'd clay,
Nor florid prose, nor honied lies of rhyme,
Can blazon evil deeds, or consecrate a crime.

It is grievous to be caught.
[Lat., Deprendi miserum est.]

It is grievous to be caught.
[Lat., Deprendi miserum est.]

I have too great a soul to die like a criminal.

I have too great a soul to die like a criminal.

He who profits by a crime commits it

He who profits by a crime commits it

Capital punishment is as fundamentally wrong as a cure for crime as charity is wrong as a cure for poverty.

Capital punishment is as fundamentally wrong as a cure for crime as charity is wrong as a cure for poverty.

The crime of a mother is a heavy burden.
[Fr., Le crime d'une mere est un pesant fardeau.]

The crime of a mother is a heavy burden.
[Fr., Le crime d'une mere est un pesant fardeau.]