Candide's Punishment, Do they fit the crime?

Candide's first punishment was expulsion from the castle because he was caught getting friendly with Cunegonde. At first I thought this was too extreme, it did not seem fair that a stolen kiss was worth being kicked out and almost left for dead. Yet as the story progressed I began to realize that maybe being banished from the castle was not the worst. If he had been given a less extreme punishment for the stolen kiss then Candide would have been present when the Bulgarians attacked. He might have died trying to defend Cunegonde from being ravished by the Bulgarians, and that would have been a greater punishment for his crime. 

Sticking with only his first crime and his first punishment I feel like his punishment did fit the crime. His expulsion from the castle caused him to go out and learn more than what he knew. Even though Candide's crime was not serious, his punishment was. It might have be seen as harsh but it allowed him to live and to travel, to learn. Because of his punishment Candide was allowed to experience a harsher life than what he believed to be true, this has allowed him to learn and to be able to decide for himself what the best of all worlds is for himself-everyone has their own.