Crimes, like Virtues, are their own Rewards.

Some people turn to crime, others to ideology.

Must crimes be punish'd but by other crimes, and greater criminals?

...I have committed numerous crimes, and know not with what punishments I may be seized...

Crime is terribly revealing. Try and vary your methods as you will, your tastes, your habits, your attitude of mind, and your soul is revealed by your actions.

When two do the same thing, it is not the same thing after all.

Success makes some crimes honorable.

Each man was his own executioner and his own victim.

In all ages hypocrites, called priests, have put crowns on the heads of thieves, called kings.

A king is sometimes obliged to commit crimes; but they are the crimes of his position.

A crime is something someone else commits.

different actions produce different results

Some things come with their own punishments.

I can so clearly distinguish between the criminal and his crime; I can so sincerely forgive the first while I abhor the last.