“Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.”

“He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.”

“wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state”

“Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively.”

“Virtue does not come from wealth, but. . . wealth, and every other good thing which men have. . . comes from virtue.”

“He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.”

“Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual.”