89. Therefore the man of good counsel says: “I have learnt in whatsoever state I am therewith to be content.” Phil. iv. 11. For he knew that the root of all evils is the love of money, 1 Tim. vi. 10. and therefore he was content with what he had, without seeking for what was another’s. Sufficient for me, he says, is what I have; whether I have little or much, to me it is much. It seems as though he wanted to state it as clearly as possible. He makes use of these words: “I am content,” he says, “with what I have.” That means: “I neither have want, nor have I too much. I have no want, for I seek nothing more. I have not too much, for I have it not for myself, but for the many.” This is said with reference to money.