Yet has not strength to keep in check the foes

That rise within him, mars his Fortune’s fame,

And brings her by his feebleness to shame.

Bhāravi.

281.

What a rich man gives and what he consumes, that is his real worth.

Hitopadesa.

282.

He who does not think too much of himself is much more esteemed than he imagines.

Goethe.