“Tell me the secret of your great strength and how you can be tied up and subdued.”

“I did not laugh.”

Am I a dog, that you come at me with sticks?”

“Give me children, or I’ll die!”

“They asked the grape vine, “Will you be our king?” But the grape vine replied, “My wine brings cheer to people and gods. I won’t stop making wine, just to have my branches wave above the other trees.”

"A good name is more desirable than great riches; to be esteemed is better than silver or gold."

“This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh…”

“Ask your neighbors for their empty jars. And after you’ve borrowed as many as you can, go home and shut the door behind you and your sons. Then begin filling the jars with oil and set each one aside as you fill it.”

“I’m thirsty, “Please give me some water.”

“Are you still maintaining your integrity? Curse God and die!”

“There is a certain people dispersed among the peoples...Their customs are different from those of all other people, and they do not obey the king’s laws; If it pleases the king, let a decree be issued to destroy them, and I will give ten thousand talents of silver to the king’s administrators for the royal treasury.”