When someone’s prosperity increases, those who consume it also increase; so what does its owner gain, except that he gets to see it with his eyes?

The words of a wise person win him favor, but the words of a fool are self-destructive.

The fool folds his hands and does no work, so he has nothing to eat but his own flesh.

God gives a man riches, property, and wealth so that he lacks nothing that his heart desires, yet God does not enable him to enjoy the fruit of his labor – instead, someone else enjoys it! This is fruitless and a grave misfortune.