A bruised reed he will not break, And a smoldering wick he will not quench, Till he has brought the judgment to a victorious issue,

"What did you go out into the Wilderness to look at? A reed waving in the wind? If not, what did you go out to see? A man richly dressed? Why, those who wear rich things are to be found in the courts of kings!

For, just as you judge others, you will yourselves be judged, and the measure that you mete will be meted out to you.

Men do not light a lamp and put it under the corn-measure, but on the lamp-stand, where it gives light to every one in the house.