Kassia Professions : Poet Born : 810 Died : 865 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Kassia You meet a friend - your face brightens. You have struck gold. Kassia old-friends gold friendship Poverty? Wealth? Seek neither -- / One causes swollen heads, / The other, swollen bellies. Kassia wealth poverty causes Wealth covers sin - the poor / Are naked as a pin. Kassia wealth naked sin Similar Authors Abdellatif Laabi poet Ihara Saikaku poet Abram Joseph Ryan poet Ingeborg Bachmann poet Izumi Shikibu poet Bion of Smyrna poet All Authors