A just chastisement may benefit a man,
A just chastisement may benefit a man, though it seldom does; but an unjust one changes all his blood to gall.
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can thus flatter himself.
There is no greater punishment of
There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
Forgiveness, that noblest of all
Forgiveness, that noblest of all self-denial, is a virtue which he alone who can practise in himself can willingly believe in another.
Man is born free, and everywhere he is
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
Self is the only prison that can bind
Self is the only prison that can bind the soul.
Hanging was the worst use a man could be
Hanging was the worst use a man could be put to.
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.
Crimes lead one into another; they who
Crimes lead one into another; they who are capable of being forgers are capable of being incendiaries.
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.
Reality becomes a prison to those who
Reality becomes a prison to those who can’t get out of it.
We have our own system, ... and
We have our own system, ... and journalists in our system are not put in prison for embarrassing the government by revealing things the government might not wish to have revealed. The important thing is that our system, under which journalists can write without fear or favor, should continue.
A variety in punishment is of utility,
A variety in punishment is of utility, as well as a proportion.
The public have more interest in the
The public have more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
I just remember that disturbing feeling
I just remember that disturbing feeling of walking into that prison, the complete loss of privacy, the complete loss of stimulation, dignity.
The torment of human frustration,
The torment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and 'mangled mind' leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.
Civilization is maintained by a very few
Civilization is maintained by a very few people in a small number of places and we need only some bombs and a few prisons to blot it out altogether.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
They're not supposed to show prison
They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping.
Liberty is rendered even more precious
Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
Prison, dungeons, blessed places where
Prison, dungeons, blessed places where evil is impossible because they are the crossroads of all the evil in the world. One cannot commit evil in hell.
I am certain that nothing has done so
I am certain that nothing has done so much to destroy the juridical safeguards of individual freedom as the striving after this mirage of social justice.
You utter a vow, or forge a signature,
You utter a vow, or forge a signature, and you may find yourself bound for life to a monastery, a woman, or prison.
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.
It is true you cannot eat freedom and
It is true you cannot eat freedom and you cannot power machinery with democracy. But then neither can political prisoners turn on the light in the cells of a dictatorship.
