Bonae mentis soror est paupertas.
(Petronius, Satyricon 84)

Poverty is the sister of a good mind.

(pron = BOH-nai MEHN-tis SOH-rohr ehst POW-pehr-tahs)

Comment: This line comes in the middle of a discussion in the Satyricon about
how making lots of money and being educated or virtuous are so at odds with
each other. The hinge in the argument seems to be that when a person sets out
to live a virtuous life, it's difficult for those around him/her to approve of
it when they are still interested in just having lots of money.

By the end of the discussion, it seems settled: it's much better to have lots
of money. Just another example of the "fun" Petronius is having at his reader's
expense.

There's an interesting tension here (which the Satyricon is not intersted in
exploring) between living a good life and having lots of goods. I suppose this
line from the Satyricon might raise the question: where in my own life is my
integrity at stake?