After all, it's not where a man lands that marks his punishment. Its how far he falls.

He who injures or kills another who longs for happiness will not find it for himself.

Punishment is a vital need of the human soul.

Whatever the punishment, once a specific crime has appeared for the first time, its reappearance is more likely than its initial emergence could ever have been.

All punishment is mischief. All punishment in itself is evil.

He that spareth his rod hateth his son.

Speak roughly to your little boy, And beat him when he sneezes: He only does it to annoy, Because he knows it teases.

Rather than waste precious time arguing, I went up and started serving my "sentence" without delay. It was usually about an hour for epigrams; somewhat longer for a paradox.

Crime and punishment grow out of one stem.

Fellow senators balked at punishing Senator Alfonse D'Amato of New York though he was caught in a series of transactions that earned him the label "Senator Sleaze." D'Amato explained their reluctance as he defended his own behavior. "There but for the grace of God go most of my colleagues," he said.