Greed's worst point is its ingratitude.

Every change of place becomes a delight.

It is not how many books thou hast, but how good; careful reading profiteth, while that which is full of variety delighteth.

Everyone rushes his life on, and suffers from a yearning for the future and a boredom with the present. But that man who devotes every hour to his own needs, who plans every day as if it were his last, neither longs for nor fears tomorrow.

Its harder for people to seek retirement from themselves than from the law

There is nothing more miserable and foolish than anticipation.

No evil is without its compensation. The less money, the less trouble; the less favor, the less envy. Even in those cases which put us out of wits, it is not the loss itself, but the estimate of the loss that troubles us.