I feel it is high time for a change of virtue, and to insinuate myself into the possession of wealth without being possessed by it, which certainly is the noblest state to be reached by the soul of a philosopher.

我觉得是时候改变美德了，潜移默化地占有财富而不被财富所占有，这当然是哲学家心灵所能达到的最高境界。