Punishment is justice for the unjust.

Punishment is justice for the unjust.

If punishment makes not the will supple it hardens the offender.

If punishment makes not the will supple it hardens the offender.

Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator for the prevention of crime.

Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator for the prevention of 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

It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his
neck, and he cast into the sea, read more

It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his
neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of
these little ones.

Frieth in his own grease.

Frieth in his own grease.

The best of us being unfit to die, what an unexpressible absurdity to put the worst to death.

The best of us being unfit to die, what an unexpressible absurdity to put the worst to death.

Not the punishment but the cause makes the martyr.

Not the punishment but the cause makes the martyr.

Let the punishment be equal with the offence.
[Lat., Noxiae poena par esto.]

Let the punishment be equal with the offence.
[Lat., Noxiae poena par esto.]