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From the options given, the statement that best explains the given phrase is this: WEALTH MAKES PEOPLE VIRTUOUS. The reference made to the inability of an empty sack to stand upright also lends to this, because when a sack is filled up, it becomes easy for it to stand upright. That is to say, may a man has wealth, it's easy to be virtuous.
Locate the main idea because that's most important thing
Well,
"Chem" is usually capitalized. But I believe it is the short form of the subject, Chemistry.