Householder, the one enjoying sensual pleasures who seeks wealth righteously, without violence, and makes himself joyful and pleased, and shares it and does meritorious deeds, and uses that wealth without being tied to it, obsessed with it, and blindly absorbed in it, seeing the danger in it and understanding the escape - he may be praised on four grounds.

The first ground on which he may be praised is that he seeks wealth righteously, without violence.

The second ground on which he may be praised is that he makes himself joyful and pleased.

The third ground on which he may be praised is that he shares the wealth and does meritorious deeds.

The fourth ground on which he may be praised is that he uses that wealth without being tied to it, obsessed with it, and blindly absorbed in it, seeing the danger in it, and understanding the escape.

This person who enjoys sensual pleasures may be praised on these four grounds.

This, Householder, is the foremost, the best, the distinguished, the supreme, and the finest kind of person who enjoys sensual pleasures.

Just as from a cow comes milk, from milk curd, from curd butter, from butter ghee, and from ghee comes cream-of-ghee, which is reckoned the foremost of all these, so too, this kind of person who enjoys sensual pleasures is the foremost, the best, the distinguished, the supreme, and the finest of all those who seek wealth righteously, without violence, and having obtained it, makes himself joyful and pleased; and shares the wealth and does meritorious deeds; and uses that wealth without being tied to it, obsessed with it, and blindly absorbed in it, seeing the danger in it, and understanding the escape.

(Reference: AN 10.91)