[259] Chilon in Laert. p. 43. Damnum potius quam turpe lucrum eligendum; nam id semel tantum dolori esse, hoc semper.
[260] Socrates dixit, Opes et nobilitates, non solum nihil in se habere honestatis, verum et omne malum ex eis oboriri. Laert in Socrat.
[261] Prov. iii. 14; 1 Tim. vi. 5, 6.
[262] Lege Petrarchæ lepidam historiam de avaro filio et liberali patre. Dial. 13. li. 2.
[263] Saith Plutarch, de tranquillit. anim. Alexander wept because he was not lord of the world; when Crates, having but a wallet and a threadbare cloak, spent his whole life in mirth and joy, as if it had been a continual festival holiday.
[264] Psal. xxxvii. 16; Prov. xvi. 8.
[265] Chrysostom saith, his enemies charged him with many crimes, but never with covetousness or wantonness. And so it was with Christ and his enemies.
[266] Et sicut in patria Deus est speculum in quo relucent creaturæ; sic è converso in via, creaturæ sunt speculum quo creator videtur. Paul. Scaliger in Ep. Cath. 1. 14. Thess. 123. p. 689.
[267] Even Dionysius the tyrant was bountiful to philosophers. To Plato he gave above fourscore talents, Laert. in Platone, and much to Aristippus and many more, and he offered much to many philosophers that refused it. And so did Crœsus.
[268] Matt. x. 30; Luke xii. 7.