For whoever meditates a crime is guilty of the deed.
it is not the deed but the intention that makes the crime.
The laws do not take upon them to punish any other than overt acts.
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind.
A guilty mind can be eased by nothing but repentance; by which what was ill done is revoked and morally voided and undone.
There is no such crime as a crime of thought; there are only crimes of action.
the act does not create guilt unless the mind is also guilty.
Peace visits not the guilty mind.
If conduct is intentional, it could subject some of the criminal liability.
