“Virtue is its own punishment.”
“I don't need to punish people for sin. Sin is its own punishment, devouring you from the inside. It's not my purpose to punish it; it's my joy to cure it.”
“The punishment of every disordered mind is its own disorder.”
“Confession is always weakness. The grave soul keeps its own secrets, and takes its own punishment in silence.”
“By virtue of its unbounded aggression, Roman imperialism was ultimately responsible for its own destruction.”
“I hate jealousy. At least it's its own punishment; it makes me feel like hell.”