as for expenses paying them and correcting their situation is between extravagance and stinginess and fluctuates between manufacturing and estimation. however in contrast to that there is a matter that requires good verification which is that when a person has fulfilled all the rights of estimation and is aware of all the conditions of economy he will not be safe in that from the slanderers slander and that is fairness and the generality of the neighborhood in the bite and the comprehensiveness of the hatred assigned to every complete chivalry and the envy that tempts with every lavish glory and lofty honor.
فأما النفقات فإن سدادها وإصلاح أمرها بين السرف والشح ومتردد بين التصنيع والتقدير خلا إن بإزاء ذلك أمرا يوجب حسن التثبت وهو أنه متى استوفى الإنسان حقوق التقدير كلها واستعرف شرائط الاقتصاد أجمع لم يسلم في ذلك على غميرة الغامز وذلك النصفة وعموم الجوار في العضيهة وشمول البغضاء الموكلة بكل مروءة تامة والحسد المغرى بكل مجد باذخ وشرف شامخ