If God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another.
It is better for you to be free of fear lying upon a pallet, than to have a golden couch and a rich table and be full of trouble.
Only the just man enjoys peace of mind.
Stranger, here you will do well to tarry; here our highest good is pleasure.
Never say that I have taken it, only that I have given it back.
There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men in their various relations with each other, in whatever circumstances they may be, that they will neither injure nor be injured.