What man was ever content with one crime?

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

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

Man punishes the action, but God the intention.

Two crimes undid me: a poem and a mistake. 

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

To live outside the law you must be honest.  

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

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

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

Punishment is a sort of medicine.

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

There is no crime without precedent.