Merito beneficium legis amittit qui legem ipsam subvertere intendit.
He deservedly loses the benefit of the law, who intends to subvert the law itself.
Messis sementum sequitur.
The harvest follows the seed time.
Metus quem agnoscunt leges in excusationem criminis, est talis qui cadere possit in constantem virum.
The fear which the law acknowledges in the excuse of a crime is such as can fall upon a steady man.
Minatur innocentibus qui parcit nocentibus.
He threatens the innocent, who spares the guilty.
Minima pœna corporalis est major quavis pœna pecuniaria.
The least corporeal punishment is greater, than any pecuniary punishment.