He who has wealth has friends.

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.

If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.

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.

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

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