"Luxury and gluttony are not the path to pleasure, but moderation and self-sufficiency."

"The just man is most free from disturbance, while the unjust is full of the utmost disturbance."

"A free man cannot acquire many possessions, because this is difficult to do without serving either crowds or kings."

"The wise man will not be miserable when he is old."

"The acquisition of riches has been for many men not an end, but a change, of troubles."