O wise man! Give your wealth only to the worthy and never to others. The water of the sea received by the clouds is always sweet.

He who has wealth has friends.

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

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.

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.