Money and Wealth

O painter, take care lest the greed for gain prove a stronger incentive than renown in art, for to gain this renown is a 80 far greater thing than is the renown of riches.

Poor is the man who desires a lot.

O speculators about perpetual motion, how many vain chimeras have you created in the like quest? Go and take your place with the seekers after gold.

He who wishes to be rich within a day, will be hanged within a year.