7. All Men are Sinners.
"If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us." (1 John i. 8.)
Seneca (On Anger, i. 14, ii. 27): "If we wish to be just judges of all things, let us first persuade ourselves of this:--that there is not one of us without fault.... No man is found who can acquit himself; and he who calls himself innocent does so with reference to a witness, and not to his conscience."
8. Avarice.
"The love of money is the root of all evil." (1 Tim. vi. 10.)
Seneca (On Tranquillity of Soul, 8): "Riches ... the greatest source of human trouble."
"Be content with such things as ye have." (Heb. xiii. 5.)
"Having food and raiment, let us be therewith content." (1 Tim. vi. 8.)
Seneca (Letter 114): "We shall be wise if we desire but little; if each man takes count of himself, and at the same time measures his own body, he will know how little it can contain, and for how short a time."
Letter 110: "We have polenta, we have water; let us challenge Jupiter himself to a comparison of bliss!"