Note 120 — IV.
Reading edition
καὶ πενίαν ἡγουμένους εἷναι μὴ τὸ τὴν οὐσίαν ἐλάττω ποιεῖν, ἀλλὰ τὸ τήν ἀπληστίαν πλείω.—"Laws," v. 8.
Read the context and compare. "He who spends for all that is noble, and gains by nothing but what is just, will hardly be notably wealthy, or distressfully poor."—"Laws," v. 42.