Poverty is a more potent evil to a man than death; for it destroys his prosperity. Wealth is the source of a man's virtue well as his pleasure.
आपदेवास्य मरणात् पुरुषस्य गरीयसी। श्रियो विनाशस्तद्ध्यस्य निमित्तं धर्मकामयोः॥