 the miser protect him with your own interests and your children for with him intimacy is complete sorrows are dispelled time is shortened and conditions are good. man will never lose from the owner of this quality a beautiful helper and a good opinion and for this reason kings have appointed ministers and intruders to lighten some of the difficult matters they have carried and to burden them with heavy loads and to be content with their opinions and draw from their sufficiency otherwise it is not within the power of nature to resist everything that comes at it without seeking help from what is similar to it and of its kind.
البخيل، وصنه بطارفك وتالدك، فمعه يكمل الانس، وتنجلي الأحزان ويقصر الزمان، وتطيب الأحوال. ولن يفقد الانسان من صاحب هذه الصفة عونا جميلا، ورأيا حسنا، ولذلك اتخذ الملوك الوزراء والدخلاء كي يخففوا عنهم بعض ما حملوه من شديد الأمور وطوقوه من باهظ الأحمال، ولكي يستغنوا بآرائهم، ويستمدوا بكفايتهم، وإلا فليس في قوة الطبيعة أن تقاوم كل ما يرد عليها دون استعانة بما يشاكلها وهو من جنسها.