4 Maccabees 2:6
Source: Septuagint
6Now, then, since it is the law which has forbidden us to desire, I shall much the more easily persuade you, that reasoning is able to govern our lusts, just as it does the affections which are impediments to justice.
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4And it is not merely the stimulus of sensual indulgence, but that of every desire, that reasoning is able to master.
5For instance, the law says, Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife, nor anything that belongs to thy neighbor.
— 4 Maccabees 2:6 —
7Since in what way is a solitary eater, and a glutton, and a drunkard reclaimed, unless it be clear that reasoning is lord of the passions?
8A man, therefore, who regulates his course by the law, even if he be a lover of money, straightaway puts force upon his own disposition; lending to the needy without interest, and canceling the debt of the incoming Sabbath.