CXXXIII

[In poverty any man lives (can live) happily, but very seldom in wealth and power ( ἀρχαῖς ). The value of poverty excels so much that no just man ( νόμιμος ) would exchange poverty for disreputable wealth, unless indeed the richest of the Athenians Themistocles, the son of Neocles, was better than Aristides and Socrates, though he was poor in virtue. But the wealth of Themistocles and Themistocles himself have perished and have left no name. For all things die with death in a bad man, but the good is eternal.] 86