That is the bitterest of all,--to wear the yoke of our own
wrong-doing.

That is the bitterest of all,--to wear the yoke of our own
wrong-doing.

Frieth in his own grease.

Frieth in his own grease.

Crime and punishment grow out of one stem.

Crime and punishment grow out of one stem.

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.]

Many a man spanks his children for the things his own father should have spanked out of him.

Many a man spanks his children for the things his own father should have spanked out of him.

Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the
guilt; and also that some men do not read more

Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the
guilt; and also that some men do not suffer for offenses for
which others are not even indicted.
[Lat., Cavendum est ne major poena quam culpa sit; et ne iisdem
de causis alii plectantur, alii ne appellentur quidem.]

Let the punishment fit the crime

Let the punishment fit the crime

Fear follows crime, and is its punishment

Fear follows crime, and is its punishment

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

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