The acquisition of riches has been to many not an end to their miseries, but a change in them: The fault is not in the riches, but the disposition.
Seneca the YoungerWe are always complaining that our days are few, and acting as though there would be no end to them.
Seneca the YoungerIt is expedient for the victor to wish for peace restored; for the vanquished it is necessary.
Seneca the Younger