Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool

The shortest route to wealth is the contempt of wealth.

It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.

Let us not envy those who stand higher than we do: what look like towing heights are precipices. ... Indeed there are many who are forced to cling to their pinnacle because they cannot descend without falling; but they must bear witness that this in itself is their greatest burden, that they are forced to be a burden to others, and that they are not so much elevated as impaled.

Oh, what darkness does great prosperity cast over our minds!