Many a man may look respectable, and yet be able to hide at will behind a spiral staircase.

Men have before hired bravos to transact their crimes, while their own person and reputation say under shelter.

More rogues than honest men find shelter under habeas corpus.

He is crooked enough to hide behind a spiral staircase.

One thing was certain: when someone searched into secret places, he often came up with things he would rather not have found.

Subtle wits like to refresh themselves with a whiff of mild indecency.

Bullies were scared people hiding inside scary people.

He who hid well, lived well.

“The law” became a convenient tool to be used by illegal masters when black people sought to move.

“The law” became a convenient tool to be used by illegal masters when black people sought to move.

In shrines dwell robbers,
in idol-houses, thugs.
In mosques live vagabonds,
the lovers of God remaind aloof.

There are no more thorough prudes than those who have some little secret to hide.

Sometimes it’s better to bend the law a little in special cases.

The insane had a tendency to cloak others in the strange garments they found hanging in the backs of their own mental wardrobes. So, for that matter, did the rest of us, but the consequences of error were usually less drastic.