measure

And I swear to you, yea, yea, that there has been no man in his mother's womb, but that already before, even to each one there is a place prepared for the repose of the soul, and a measure fixed how much it is intended that a man be tried in this world.

And the one does not fall short of the other by a third part of a hair; for by weight, and measure, and rule was all the creation made.

O my son! make not an enemy of a man stronger than thyself, for he will take thy measure, and his revenge on thee.

O my boy! he who doeth good shall meet with good; and he who doeth evil shall meet with evil, for the Lord requiteth a man according to the measure of his work.

Wherefore we must not transgress or go beyond the proper measure.

I was astonished beyond measure at the men and the way in which on the spur of the moment they gave answers which really needed a long time to devise.

'Alas! miserable creatures that we are and foolish above measure! When the king invites us and appeals to us on terms of kind treatment shall we not obey him?