We pray for trifles without so much as a thought of the greatest blessings; and we are not ashamed many times, to ask God for that which we should blush to own to our neighbor.
Seneca the YoungerFour things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor's wife - demerit, an uncomfortable bed, thirdly, punishment, and lastly, hell.
Seneca the YoungerA hungry people listens not to reason, not cares for justice, nor is bent by any prayers.
Seneca the Younger