Self-Restraint

"Which is nearest to you, your name or your person? Which is most to you, your person or your goods? Which is the (greater) malady, getting or losing? Excessive love (of a name or of any other object) must be attended with great personal sacrifice. Much hoarding must be followed by great ruin (sooner or later). He who knows when he has enough, suffers no disgrace. He who knows where to stop meets with no danger. These are the people to last long."