Those who know virtue’s laws and marital rights never indulge in the folly of desiring another man’s wife.§
Among those who stand outside virtue, there is no greater fool than he who stands with a lustful heart outside another’s gate.§
No different from the dead are those who wickedly desire the wife of a friend.§
Though a man’s measure be mountainous, what good is it if, without the minutest concern, he takes another’s wife?§
A man who seduces another man’s wife, knowing she is easy, suffers a shame that neither dies nor diminishes.§
Hatred, sin, fear and disgrace—these four never forsake the man who commits adultery.§
He is decreed a worthy householder who holds no desire for the womanly charms of another’s wife.§
The chivalry that does not look upon another’s wife is not mere virtue—it is saintly conduct. §
In a world encircled by the awesome sea, to whom do good things belong? To men never impassioned to caress a married woman. §
Though a man deserts virtue and indulges in vice, he keeps some decency by not wanting another’s wife’s womanliness.§