what you fear, you invite.
the old ploy of the powerful: never refuse when you can confuse. Distraction and delay are always better than obstruction.
the fool is the one true cosmopolite - the one character common to all nationalities.
At twenty your choices are almost unlimited. At fifty you're a prisoner of past decisions. At seventy you have no free will left at all.
Money is an acquired taste. But, once acquired, it becomes an addiction.
That's the worst thing about money - the moment you have some you begin to suspect everyone of trying to take it away from you. And usually they are.