To live outside the law you must be honest.  

Man punishes the action, but God the intention.

I’ve got some shit I’m conservative about and some shit I’m liberal about. Crime—I’m conservative. Prostitution—I’m liberal.

What man was ever content with one crime?

After all, crime is only a left-handed form of human endeavor.

The criminal is the creative artist; the detective only the critic.

Our crime against criminals is that we treat them as villains.

The more religious a country is, the more crimes are committed in it.

Two crimes undid me: a poem and a mistake. 

I'm all for bringing back the birch, but only between consenting adults.

The land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.

There is no crime without precedent. 

Punishment is a sort of medicine.