Punishment is a sort of medicine.

To live outside the law you must be honest.  

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

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

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

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

No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes.

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

What man was ever content with one crime?

A crowded police court docket is the surest sign that trade is brisk and money plenty.

In its function, the power to punish is not essentially different from that of curing or educating.

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

Two crimes undid me: a poem and a mistake.