“Settle matters quickly with your adversary who is taking you to court. Do it while you are still together on the way, or your adversary may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you may be thrown into prison.
There is no democracy in physics. We can’t say that some second-rate guy has as much right to opinion as Fermi.Luis Alvarez, in Greenberg, The Politics of Pure Science, 1967, p. 43
Truly I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the last penny.Matthew 5:26 NIV
leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to them; then come and offer your gift.Matthew 5:24 NIV