“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.”

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

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

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

“And a thing is not seen because it is visible, but conversely, visible because it is seen; nor is a thing led because it is in the state of being led, or carried because it is in the state of being carried, but the converse of this. And now I think, Euthyphro, that my meaning will be intelligible; and my meaning is, that any state of action or passion implies previous action or passion. It does not become because it is becoming, but it is in a state of becoming because it becomes; neither does it suffer because it is in a state of suffering, but it is in a state of suffering because it suffers. Do you not agree?”