Fast closed with double grills
Fast closed with double grills
And triple gates – the cell
To wicked souls is hell;
But to a mind that's innocent
'Tis only iron, wood and stone.
The degree of civilization in a society
The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
Once we are destined to live out our
Once we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our mind, our duty is to furnish it well.
The difference between tax avoidance and
The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison walls.
To seek the redress of grievances by
To seek the redress of grievances by going to law, is like sheep running for shelter to a bramble bush.
Any punishment that does not correct,
Any punishment that does not correct, that can merely rouse rebellion in whoever has to endure it, is a piece of gratuitous infamy which makes those who impose it more guilty in the eyes of humanity, good sense and reason, nay a hundred times more guilty than the victim on whom the punishment is inflicted.
In my country we go to prison first and
In my country we go to prison first and then become President.
Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.
Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenseless!
To be in prison so long, it's difficult
To be in prison so long, it's difficult to remember exactly what you did to get there.
If punishment reaches not the mind and
If punishment reaches not the mind and makes not the will supple, it hardens the offender.
Women have worked hard; starved in
Women have worked hard; starved in prison; given of their time and lives that we might sit in the House of Commons and take part in the legislating of this country.
A pedestal is as much a prison as any
A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space.
Law is merely the expression of the will
Law is merely the expression of the will of the strongest for the time being, and therefore laws have no fixity, but shift from generation to generation.
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
We're in a war. People who blast some
We're in a war. People who blast some pot on a casual basis are guilty of treason.
The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off
The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off a prison spoon is something you will never forget.
Faults of the head are punished in this
Faults of the head are punished in this world, those of the heart in another; but as most of our vices are compound, so also is their punishment.
We shall fight against them, throw them
We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them.
Taught from infancy that beauty is
Taught from infancy that beauty is woman's sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison.
It is hard, but it is excellent, to find
It is hard, but it is excellent, to find the right knowledge of when correction is necessary and when grace doth most avail.
The virtue of justice consists in
The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
It is not at the table, but in prison,
It is not at the table, but in prison, that you learn who your true friends are.
Corporal punishment falls far more
Corporal punishment falls far more heavily than most weighty pecuniary penalty.
In the halls of justice, the only
In the halls of justice, the only justice is in the halls.
