Cicero: “For who, in heaven's name, would choose a life of the greatest wealth and abundance on condition of neither loving or…”

For if we bring a certain amount of propriety and order into the transactions of daily life, we shall be conserving moral rectitude and moral dignity.

Still, I do not mean to find fault with the accumulation of property, provided it hurts nobody, but unjust acquisition of it is always to be avoided.

For we may well be guided by those fundamental principles of justice which I laid down at the outset: first, that no harm be done to anyone; second, that the common interests be conserved.

In my opinion, at least, we should always strive to secure a peace that shall not admit of guile.