293 (II. 56)
POVERTY AND RICHES
| The man who, what he hath, hath not, To all things stands indifferent, He is most poor when he is rich, Most rich when he is indigent. |
294 (III. 69)
THE SAINT'S WEALTH
| Be poor! On earth the Saint hath naught Save one thing, which unwillingly He needs must call his own, to wit, This Body of Mortality. |
295 (II. 148)
THE POOR IN SPIRIT
| That man is truly poor who stands Detached from all things, loose, adrift: Were God to offer him Himself I know he would refuse the gift. |
296 (III. 139)
MAN FINDETH WHAT HE SEEKETH
| The poor man seeketh God, the rich man seeketh wealth: 'Tis gold indeed the poor man finds, the rich man filth. |
297 (V. 157)
THE RICH MAN IS TRULY POOR
| When of his poverty he maketh much ado, Doubt not the Rich Man's word—he speaketh what is true. |
298 (VI. 185)
OUR WEALTH MUST BE WITHIN US
| Be all thy Wealth within thyself. If lie thy riches otherwhere, Yea, though thy fortune were the world, Then art thou rich in naught but Care. |
299 (VI. 189)
TO DESIRE EVERYTHING IS TO HAVE NOTHING
| Man, if desire for Everything Possesseth all thy thought, Then art thou poor as beggars are And still possessest Naught. |
300 (VI. 86)
WHO CRAVETH ALL HATH NAUGHT
| Who craveth Naught hath All. Who yearneth to possess The riches of the world, he still is penniless. |
301 (VI. 84)
THE GREATEST WEALTH AND GAIN
| Most Wealth hath he who Wealth doth most disdain, And gaineth most who most renounceth Gain. |
302 (VI. 168)
THE WISE MAN HATH NAUGHT IN COFFERS
| Naught doth the Wise Man heard in guarded treasuries: Riches that can be lost he never counteth his. |
303 (VI. 99)
THE TREASURY OF THE WISE MAN AND THE MISER
| Wise Men are wisely rich—the put Their gold into a treasure-chest: The Miser's gold is in his heart— His heart hath never any rest. |
304 (VI. 167)
HE WHO IS TRULY RICH
| Much having is not being rich. The Wealthy Man is he Who views the loss of all he hath With equanimity. |
305 (VI. 100)
THE WISE MAN FORESTALLS THE THIEF
| The Wise Man doth not wait until His fortune is bereft: He steals his foretune from himself And so forestalls the theft. |
306 (VI. 103)
NO PROGRESS WHEN HEAVILY LADEN
| Storm-foundered seamen jettison The weightiest cargo in the hold; And thinkest thou to win to Heaven O'erladen with a freight of gold? |
307 (VI. 179)
HOW MISERS AND WISE MEN ACT
| The Miser leaves his gold at last, Heirs seize on his inheritance: The Wise Man to the other world Sends on his riches in advance. |
308 (V. 132)
THE UNCONCERNED MAN SUFFERETH NO HURT
| The man who in this world claims nothing for his own, Suffereth no great loss when all his house falls down. |
309 (V. 156)
WHO DESIRETH MUCH, LACKETH MUCH
| Who hath enough, hath all. Who craveth more and more, Betrayeth by his want how scanty is his store. |
310 (VI. 181)
THE ESTIMATION OF THE FOOL AND THE WISE MAN
| The Fool thinks he is rich enough If he possess a sack of gold: The Wise Man knoweth he is poor With riches not the world can hold. |