Law & Punishment

I know it's risky, but if I'm going to get in trouble anyway, I might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.

The coach punished the entire team for the actions of a few players, using the tactic of kill the chicken to scare the monkey to ensure that everyone followed the rules.

When I lost my job and couldn't pay my rent, I had to resort to stealing food from the grocery store - as they say, necessity knows no law.

Despite the fact that it was against company policy, the employee decided to share confidential information with a colleague in order to prevent a serious mistake - as they say, rules are made to be broken.

The city council believed that creating more laws would prevent littering, but it had the opposite effect, as the saying suggests 'the more laws the more offenders'.

The celebrities were able to avoid jail time for their drug abuse because the laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.

As a police officer, John had a strong sense of duty, as he believed that law and order are the medicine of the body politic.

The recent changes in tax laws have left the poor struggling to make ends meet, while the rich continue to find ways to avoid paying their fair share.Truly, laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.