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.

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

Save your wealth against future calamity. Do not say, "what fear has a rich man of calamity?" Wealth sometimes vanishes away and large accumulations perish.

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.