كل إثم يُقترف بدافع من شرّ يوسوس به، يكون ثقيلاً على صاحبه؛ وأول عقوبة للذنب أن المذنب لا يُبرَّأ أمام منصّة قضاء ضميره.

“Whatever guilt is perpetrated by some evil prompting, is grievous to the author of the crime. This is the first punishment of guilt that no one who is guilty is acquitted at the judgment seat of his own conscience.”Juvenal — Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations