Hippolytus of Rome : For then how many were they who pretended to be friends with Daniel, who wickedly hated him in heart? They falsely-sent gifts with other intentions and they ordered to give befitting gifts, wishing to test his sincerity, in order to have for the king a future pretext against him that they might appeal to the king that he was obliging himself to the king's possessions, and he in this way be killed as a plotter. And so at all times they resourcefully sought a cause against him. And not finding anything they later deliberated together, saying, "We have not found a pretext against Daniel except in the laws of his God." [Daniel 6:5] — Commentary on Daniel 3.20.1-2 Jerome : Verse 5. "Therefore those men said: 'We will not find any pretext against Daniel, except perhaps in the law of his God.'" Blessed indeed is a life so led that even enemies can find no cause for accusation, except perhaps in matter pertaining to God's law. — St. Jerome, Commentary on Daniel, CHAPTER SIX