अभिमानधनं येषां चिरं जीवन्ति ते नराः ।
अभिमानविहीनानां किं धनेन किमायुषा ।।
abhimāna-dhanaṁ yeṣāṁ ciraṁ jīvanti te narāḥ |
abhimāna-vihīnānāṁ kiṁ dhanena kim āyuṣā ||
(Mahāsubhāṣita-saṅgraha: 2306)
“People who have the wealth of self-respect live long. What can wealth and what can life do for those who have no self-respect?”