The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it.
Arthur SchopenhauerIt is difficult, if not impossible, to define the limit of our reasonable desires in respect of possessions.
Arthur SchopenhauerJust as a stream flows smoothly on as long as it encounters no obstruction, so the nature of man and animal is such that we never really notice or become conscious of what is agreeable to our will; if we are to notice something, our will has to have been thwarted, has to have experienced a shock of some kind.
Arthur Schopenhauer