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

Man punishes the action, but God the intention.

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

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

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

There is no crime without precedent. 

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

Two crimes undid me: a poem and a mistake. 

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

What man was ever content with one crime?

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

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

To live outside the law you must be honest.