A man perfect to the finger tips.
He is always a slave who cannot live on little.
Those who say nothing about their poverty will obtain more than those who turn beggars.
I have to submit to much in order to pacify the touchy tribe of poets.
Whoever cultivates the golden mean avoids both the poverty of a hovel and the envy of a palace.
Money, as it increases, becomes either the master or the slave of ts owner.