Use of Wealth to the Wise

Fools! what boots the gold hid
Within doors in untold heaps?
Not so the truly wise employ their wealth;
Some give part to their own enjoyment,
Some to the bard should be assigned,
Part should be employed to do good
To our kinsmen and others of mankind,
And even to offer sacrifices to the gods;
Not to be a bad host, guests should be welcome
To come and go whenever they choose,
But chiefly to honor the sacred
Interpreters of the Muses,
That you may live to fame when life is done.