Before we apply the principles set forth to particular cases, these things should be noted:
In what follows, immodest parts are understood to be the genitals and the parts near them; less honorable parts, the chest and legs; and those middle between both, the breasts.
Touches of themselves influence more than looks and thoughts; touches of a human being more than of a beast; of another's body more than of one's own; of a person of diverse sex more than of the same sex; looks and touches done lingeringly, ardently, repeatedly, more than those admitted in passing, calmly, or once.
Moreover, the resolutions which we shall deduce from the established principles: 1. regard the things which commonly occur, so that exceptions are not excluded; 2. abstract from excusing causes, which can bring it about that things which are unlawful of themselves become lawful by accident.