"I know of no case in which you are to have a judicial proceeding, by which a man is to be deprived of any part of his…"

"The superior man loves his soul; the inferior man loves his property."

"Property is surely a right of mankind as really as liberty. Perhaps, at first, prejudice, habit, shame or fear, princ…"

"Property must be secured, or liberty cannot exist."

"Nature gave all things in common for the use of all; usurpation created private rights. Property hath no rights. The …"

"γεωμετρῆσαι βούλομαι τὸν ἀέρα ὑμῖν διελεῖν τε κατὰ γύας."

"A man might say, "The things that are in the world are what God has made. ... Why should I not love what God has made…"

"Behold how only a few things suffice for you; nor does God ask much of you. Seek as much as He has given you, and fro…"

""But whom do I treat unjustly," you say, "by keeping what is my own?" Tell me, what is your own? What did you bring i…"

"Birth and wealth are conferred on some men as imperiously by nature, as genius, strength, or beauty."