Wealth itself is blameless, but there can be fear for its precious eye; for I consider the presence of a house's master to be its saving light.

Ἔστι γὰρ πλοῦτός γ᾽ ἀμεμφής, ἀμφὶ δ᾽ ὀφθαλμῷ φόβος·
ὄμμα γὰρ δόμων νομίζω δεσπότου παρουσίαν.

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