A Sunday school is a prison in which
A Sunday school is a prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents.
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.
The refined punishments of the spiritual
The refined punishments of the spiritual mode are usually much more indecent and dangerous than a good smack.
Corporal punishment falls far more
Corporal punishment falls far more heavily than most weighty pecuniary penalty.
He who opens a school door, closes a
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
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.
One crime is everything; two nothing.
One crime is everything; two nothing.
The English laws punish vice; the
The English laws punish vice; the Chinese laws do more, they reward virtue.
Let us remember that justice must be
Let us remember that justice must be observed even to the lowest.
It is the spirit and not the form of law
It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
They're not supposed to show prison
They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping.
Oh who is that young sinner with the
Oh who is that young sinner with the handcuffs on his wrist? And what has he been after that they groan and shake their fists? And wherefore is he wearing such a conscience-stricken air? Oh they're taking him to prison for the colour of his hair.
I know how men in exile feed on dreams
I know how men in exile feed on dreams of hope.
Prosecution I have managed to avoid; but
Prosecution I have managed to avoid; but I have been arrested, charged in a police court, have refused to be bound over, and thereupon have been unconditionally released - to my great regret; for I have always wanted to know what going to prison was like.
The severest justice may not always be
The severest justice may not always be the best policy.
The degree of civilization in a society
The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
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.
You stuff somebody into the American
You stuff somebody into the American dream, and it becomes a prison.
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 public have more interest in the
The public have more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
Most people fancy themselves innocent of
If you strike at, imprison, or kill us,
If you strike at, imprison, or kill us, out of our prisons or graves we will still evoke a spirit that will thwart you, and perhaps, raise a force that will destroy you! We defy you! Do your worst!
Two men look out the same prison bars;
Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars.
It is impossible to go through life
It is impossible to go through life without trust: That is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself.
