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

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

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

He who loses his money is forsaken by his friends, his wife, his servants and his relations; yet when he regains his riches those who have forsaken him come back to him. Hence wealth is certainly the best of relations.

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.

Sinfully acquired wealth may remain for ten years; in the eleventh year it disappears with even the original stock.