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

Punishment is a sort of medicine.

There is no crime without precedent. 

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

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

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

To live outside the law you must be honest.  

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

Two crimes undid me: a poem and a mistake. 

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

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

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.