The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.
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Didymus the Blind
AD 398
Of what use is wealth that belongs to someone? He is obviously lord over his wealth. The wealth somebody owns is his amenity and he himself is lord over his wealth. As he himself can use wealth well by being lord over it and not its slave, so also wealth can become lord over him who owns it. Woe to that person. That is the case if he is greedy and becomes a slave of mammon.
