《汉书·传·季布栾布田叔传》
他公开声称道： 穷困未能降志辱身，不是好汉；富贵未能舒适，也不是贤者。 
布称曰： 穷困不能辱身，非人也；富贵不能快意，非贤也。 
He openly said, “Those who are not good enough to lower their ambition and debase themselves when they are poor; and those who cannot keep themselves comfortable when they are rich and honored, are not gentlemen.”