《新唐书·列传·卷二十二》
尊贵不与骄盈相约而骄盈自来，富足不与奢侈相期而奢侈自至，这并不是空话。
夫贵不与骄期而骄自至，富不与奢期而奢自至，非徒语也。
Honor does not associate with arrogance, and yet arrogance comes by itself; wealth does not arrange to meet with extravagance, and yet extravagance arrives of its own accord. This is not empty talk.