• Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the guilt; and also that some men do not suffer for offenses for which others are not even indicted.

    Marcus Tullius Cicero: Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the guilt; and also that some men do not suffer for offenses for which others are not even indicted.
    "De Officiis". Treatise by Marcus Tullius Cicero, I. 23., 44 B.C..