Despise those who strain after riches

Despise those who strain after riches, but are not able to use what they have. They are in like case with a man who, being but a wretched horseman, gets him a fine mount. Isocrates. To Demonicus. Chapter 1. Section 27.

Bronze couch fulcrum attachment in the form of a mule's head with silver and blackened copper inlays
Greek Late hellenistic 100-50 BCE photographed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, New York.