Poverty is clearly one source of emotional suffering, but there are others, like loneliness.

It was obvious that their profits were simply cash borrowed from destiny with some random payback time.

Political life loves some volatility.

Hard work will get you a professorship or a BMW. You need both work and luck for a Booker, a Nobel or a private jet.

Redundancy is ambiguous because it seems like a waste if nothing unusual happens. Except that something unusual happens-usually .

Scepticism is effortful and costly. It is better to be sceptical about matters of large consequences, and be imperfect, foolish and human in the small and the aesthetic.

They will envy you for your success, your wealth, for your intelligence, for your looks, for your status - but rarely for your wisdom.