"Natural wealth is both limited and easy to acquire; but the wealth defined by vain fancies is always beyond reach."

"The man who is most blessed is he who has the fewest wants."

"It is not what we have, but what we enjoy, that constitutes our abundance."

"The wise man counts it a greater advantage to be content with little than to be rich."

"The wise man will not groan and howl when he is tortured."