There is a poor person respected for his intelligence, and there are those respected because of his wealth.
A person respected in wealth, how thus [higher]? A man despised in poverty, how thus [lower]?
He who is respected in poverty, in wealth he is further respected.
And he who is held in disrepute in wealth, how much more also in poverty?
A poor person’s wisdom will raise up his head, and it will seat him in the midst of nobles.