For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar of Justice out of sight.
For not many men, the proverb saith, can love a friend whom fortune prospereth unenvying.
They who prosper take on airs of vanity.
Justice shines in very smoky homes, and honors the righteous; but the gold-spangled mansions where the hands are unclean she leaves with eyes averted.
God's most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.
Who, except the gods, can live time through forever without any pain?