Poverty urges us to do and suffer anything that we may escape from it, and so leads us away from virtue.
He tells old wives' tales much to the point.
Unless the vessel be pure, everything which is poured into it will turn sour.
It is your concern when your neighbor's wall is on fire.
He wears himself out by his labours, and grows old through his love of possessing wealth.
Be not for ever harassed by impotent desire.