How many things I have no need of! That is what Socrates often said, according to Diogenes Laertius, when looking at a mass of things for sale.

Could I climb to the highest place in Athens, I would lift my voice and proclaim, "Fellow citizens, why do you turn and scrape every stone to gather wealth, and take so little care of your children to whom one day you must relinquish it all?"

If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.