"
Your name or your person,
Which is dearer?
Your person or your goods,
Which is worth more?
Gain or loss,
Which is a greater bane?
Excessive stinginess,
Is sure to lead to great expense;
Too much store
Is sure to end in immense loss.
Knowing contentment
You will suffer no humiliation;
Knowing when to stop
You will be free from danger;
You will thereby endure.
"
- Lao-Tzu - Tao Te Ching - Chapter 7
