The Perils Of Fortune

Κέρδους πολλοῦ τετυχκὼς, καὶ λιπαρᾶς τραπέζης, τιμῶν τε ἀπολαύων τῶν ὑπὲρ τὴν ἀξίαν, μὴ ἄγαν κορυβαντία, μεταβολὴν δὲ προσδέχου, καὶ σβέσον τὸ φρύαγμα. Οὐδεν γὰρ τῆς παρὰ τοῖς ἀνθρώποις εὐδαυμονίας σαθρώτερον, οὐδὲν ἀδρανέστερον, οὐδὲν ἀθλιώτερον. Ἅγιος Νειλος, Βιβλιον Πρῶτον, Ἐπιστολὴ ΡΠΓ' Αμφικτυονι Ρητορι Source: Migne PG 79.152d

Fortune has brought you much reward, your tables groan, and you enjoy honours, over which deserts do not excessively act the Corybant, but quench all exaltation. For nothing for men is so unsound as good fortune, nothing so debilitating, nothing so wretched. Saint Nilus of Sinai, Book 1, Letter 183 to Amphicyton the Orator