Each of us when he appears before his fellows is clothed in a certain dignity. But every man knows what unconfessable things pass within the secrecy of his own heart.

Show me a woman who doesn't feel guilty and I'll show you a man.

Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of culprits, and the very magnitude of the crime the best excuse for doing nothing.

The wicked flee when no man pursueth; but the righteous are bold as a lion.

There may be responsible persons, but there are no guilty ones.

We are all exceptional cases... Each man insists on being innocent, even if it means accusing the whole human race, and heaven.

The guilty think all talk is of themselves.

Guilt is ever at a loss, and confusion waits upon it; when innocence and bold truth are always ready for expression.

Guilt always hurries towards its complement, punishment: only there does its satisfaction lie.

He declares himself guilty who justifies himself before accusation.