He who has wealth has friends and relations; he alone survives and is respected as a man.

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.

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

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

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.

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