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.
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.
As water collected in a tank gets pure by filtration, so accumulated wealth is preserved by being employed in charity.
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.
The Goddess of wealth is unsteady, and so is the life breath. The duration of life is uncertain, and the place of habitation is uncertain; but in all this inconsistent world religious merit alone is immovable.
There is no water like rainwater; no strength like one's own; no light like that of the eyes; and no wealth more dear than food grain.
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 permanent relationship is dependent on particular purpose or wealth.
Wealth, a friend, a wife, and a kingdom may be regained; but this body when lost may never be acquired again.
Our bodies are perishable, wealth is not at all permanent and death is always nearby. Therefore we must immediately engage in acts of merit.
One destitute of wealth is not destitute, he is indeed rich, but the man devoid of learning is destitute in every way.
He who wears unclean garments, has dirty teeth, is a glutton, speaks unkindly and sleeps after sunrise - although he may be the greatest personality - will lose the favour of Lakshmi.
He who look at a woman who is not his wife as a mother; wealth that is not his as dust and all the men as himself... is a happy man. He, who sees all these things under a different light, is a blind.
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.
He who has wealth has friends and relations; he alone survives and is respected as a man.
The poor wish for wealth; animals for the faculty of speech; men wish for heaven; and godly persons for liberation.
Religion is preserved by wealth; knowledge by diligent practice; a king by conciliatory words; and a home by a dutiful housewife.
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 has wealth has friends.
