| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Crime |
| | | A crime in which many are implicated goes unpunished. Lucan. | 1 |
| A great crime is in a great man greater. Massinger. | 2 |
| Be sparing of persons, speak of crimes. Latin. | 3 |
| Crimes may be secret, yet not secure. | 4 |
| Criminals are punished that others may be amended. Italian. | 5 |
| Extraordinary crimes call aloud for extraordinary remedies. Lord Molesworth. | 6 |
| He acts the third crime that defends the first. Ben Jonson. | 7 |
| He that conceives a crime in thought, contracts the danger of an actual fault. Dryden. | 8 |
| He who profits by a crime commits it. Seneca. | 9 |
| One crime has to be concealed by another. Seneca. | 10 |
| Petty crimes are punished: great, rewarded. Ben Jonson. | 11 |
| Successful crime is called virtue. Seneca. | 12 |
| The greater the man the greater the crime. | 13 |
| The prince and even the people are responsible for the crimes they neglect to punish. Totilla. (See Gibbon’s Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.) | 14 |
| The success of a criminal is almost instantly followed by the loss of his prize. Gibbon. | 15 |
| We easily forget crimes known only to ourselves. Rochefoucauld. | 16 | | |
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