Book VIII, 105: Against the Violator of a Tomb

Impious man, thou hast the sea and the mountains and rejoicest in possession of fields rich in corn and herds of cattle, yea and talents of gold and silver and precious stones and the silk-worm’s delicate threads. To the living everything is valuable, but to the dead only their little but beloved grave-stones ; and thou layest hold of them too, not even reverencing thine own tomb, which some other will destroy after thy example, but with juster hands.