Let the punishment fit the crime

Let the punishment fit the crime

Not the punishment but the cause makes the martyr.

Not the punishment but the cause makes the martyr.

Punishment - The justice that the guilty deal out to those that are caught.

Punishment - The justice that the guilty deal out to those that are caught.

I stew all night in my own grease.

I stew all night in my own grease.

Men are rewarded or punished not for what they do but for how their acts are defined. That is why read more

Men are rewarded or punished not for what they do but for how their acts are defined. That is why men are more interested in better justifying themselves than in better behaving themselves.

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.

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.

Fear follows crime, and is its punishment

Fear follows crime, and is its punishment

Frieth in his own grease.

Frieth in his own grease.