"Why are you laughing at me then," you say, "when you put riches in the same place I do?" Do you want to know how different our positions really are? If my wealth leaves me, it will only take itself. But you would be lost and confused — you'd feel like you weren't even yourself anymore if your money disappeared. Wealth has a place in my life, but it has the top place in yours. In the end, my riches belong to me. You belong to your riches.
"Why then," say you, "do you laugh at me, since you place them in the same position that I do?" Do you wish to know how different the position is in which we place them? If my riches leave me, they will carry away with them nothing except themselves: you will be bewildered and will seem to be left without yourself if they should pass away from you: with me riches occupy a certain place, but with you they occupy the highest place of all. In fine, my riches belong to me, you belong to your riches.