Accumulated wealth is saved by spending just as incoming fresh water is saved by letting out stagnant water.

As water collected in a tank gets pure by filtration, so accumulated wealth is preserved by being employed in charity.

He who has wealth has friends.

A man or a ruler should always take up a task after thoroughly considering its consequences. Otherwise fate also cannot protect his wealth.

Lakshmi, the Goddess of wealth, comes of Her own accord where fools are not respected, grain is well stored up, and the husband and wife do not quarrel.

One whose knowledge is confined to books and whose wealth is in the possession of others, can use neither his knowledge nor wealth when the need for them arises.