The Instructor 3.6.34

Wealth, then, should be partaken of worthily and shared generously, not vulgarly nor pretentiously; nor should love of the beautiful be turned into self-love and tastelessness, lest someone say of us: “His horse is worth fifteen talents, or his estate, or his servant, or his gold; but he himself is worth three coppers.” Indeed, take away the finery of the women and the servants of the masters, and you will find the masters no different from the bought slaves, not in walk, not in look, not in voice; so they are like the slaves. But they are distinguished by being weaker than their servants and by having been brought up more sickly. The best of all teachings must be sung at every turn: that the good man, being self-controlled and just, treasures his wealth in heaven. The one who has sold his earthly goods and given to the poor finds the imperishable treasure, where there is no moth, no robber. He is truly blessed, even if he is small, weak, and obscure, and he is rich with truly the greatest wealth; but if he is richer than Cinyras and Midas, yet unjust and arrogant, like the one who lived in luxury in purple and fine linen and despised Lazarus, he is wretched,