The desire for wealth can never yield happiness. If acquired, the acquirer feels great anxiety. If lost after acquisition it is felt like death. Again acquisition itself, is very uncertain.
ईहा धनस्य न सुखं लब्ध्वा चिन्ता च भूयसी। लब्धनाशे यथा मृत्युर्लब्धं भवति वा न वा॥