Aristotle, according to Diogenes Laertius "Aristotle," sec. 22Only the most ignorant of believers could imagine it be Christian in origin.Confucius, "Analects," xv 23
Babylonian Talmud: "Shabbath," p. 31-a
Epictetus, cited by Aules Gellius, "Noctes Atticae," xvii 19 6
New Testament, Matthew vii 2
Publilius Syrus, "Sententiae," no. 1
Seneca, "Epistulae ad Lucilium," epis. xciv, 43