All in all, punishment hardens and renders people more insensible; it concentrates; it increases the feeling of estrangement; it strengthens the power of resistance.
Friedrich Nietzsche – Punishment
There is no person so severely punished, as those who subject themselves to the whip of their own remorse.
Seneca – Punishment, Remorse
The punishment of criminals should serve a purpose. When a man is hanged he is useless.
Voltaire – Punishment, Society
When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.
