Send a Quote Enter a brief message. SendOk2 “For often evil men are rich, and good men poor; But we will not exchange with them Our virtue for their wealth since one abides always, While riches change their owners every day.” ~ Solon (c.638 BC-558 BC) Athenian statesman, lawmaker, Lyric poet, renowned as a founding father of the Athenian polis, one of the Seven Sages of GreeceSource: Plutarch Solon, ch. 3; translation by Bernadotte Perrin.