Letter 451: I would gladly ask you this, Maron: why is your war against virtue an unrelenting and unproclaimed one — a war waged...

To Maron. Know, admirable one, that the judgment is merciless to the one who has shown no mercy [cf. James 2:13] -- not only on account of the gifts belonging to others, of which you yourself defraud the poor, but also on account of your own goods, the sharing of which you are obliged to make willingly.

Ἴσθι, θαυμάσιε, ὡς ἡ κρίσις ἀνέλεος τῷ μὴ ποιήσαντι ἔλεος, οὐκ ἐκ τῶν ἀλλοτρίων μόνον δωρεῶν, ὧν αὐτὸς τοὺς πτωχοὺς ἀποστερεῖς, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐκ τῶν οἰκείων, ὧν ἑκουσίως τὴν μετάδοσιν ποιεῖσθαι χρεωστεῖς.