He who profits by a crime commits it.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
Whatever is worthy to be loved for
Whatever is worthy to be loved for anything is worthy of preservation. A wise and dispassionate legislator, if any such should ever arise among men, will not condemn to death him who has done or is likely to do more service than injury to society. Blocks and gibbets are the nearest objects with legislators, and their business is never with hopes or with virtues.
Why would anyone expect him to come out
Why would anyone expect him to come out smarter? He went to prison for three years, not Princeton.
I can work for the Lord in or out of
I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.
Laws do not persuade just because they
Laws do not persuade just because they threaten.
We who live in prison, and in whose
We who live in prison, and in whose lives there is no event but sorrow, have to measure time by throbs of pain, and the record of bitter moments.
We shall fight against them, throw them
We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them.
I have been studying how I may compare
I have been studying how I may compare this prison where I live unto the world; Shut up in the prison of their own consciences.
In prison, you get the chance to see who
In prison, you get the chance to see who really loves you.
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.
If punishment reaches not the mind and
If punishment reaches not the mind and makes not the will supple, it hardens the offender.
Crimes lead one into another; they who
Crimes lead one into another; they who are capable of being forgers are capable of being incendiaries.
I know how men in exile feed on dreams
I know how men in exile feed on dreams of hope.
Crimes lead one into another; they who
Crimes lead one into another; they who are capable of being forgers are capable of being incendiaries.
The most anxious man in a prison is the
The most anxious man in a prison is the governor.
Two men look out the same prison bars;
Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars.
I existed in a world that never is - the
I existed in a world that never is - the prison of the mind.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
Hanging was the worst use a man could be
Hanging was the worst use a man could be put to.
How dreadful it is when the right judge
How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong.
On a planet that increasingly resembles
On a planet that increasingly resembles one huge Maximum Security prison, the only intelligent choice is to plan a jail break.
I was in prison, and you came unto me.
I was in prison, and you came unto me. Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
~(Jesus Christ) Matthew 25:36, 40
And while God had work for Paul, he
And while God had work for Paul, he found him friends both in court and prison. Let persecutors send saints to prison, God can provide a keeper for their turn.
It is safer that a bad man should not be
It is safer that a bad man should not be accused, than that he should be acquitted.
The world itself is but a large prison,
The world itself is but a large prison, out of which some are daily led to execution.
