“Draw your sword and run me through, or these uncircumcised fellows will come and run me through and abuse me.”

“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.”

“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.”

What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.

“There are three things that are too amazing for me, four that I do not understand: the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a young woman."

“What they are building—even a fox climbing up on it would break down their wall of stones!”

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

Your eyes are too pure to look on evil; you cannot tolerate wrongdoing. Why then do you tolerate the treacherous? Why are you silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?

“What have I done to you to make you beat me these three times?”

“With a donkey’s jawbone , I have made donkeys of them., with a donkey’s jawbone, I have killed a thousand men.”

“Please test your servants for ten days: Give us nothing but vegetables to eat and water to drink. Then compare our appearance with that of the young men who eat the royal food, and treat your servants in accordance with what you see.”