If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.
Epicurus

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Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life.

The time when most of you should withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd.

Riches do not exhilarate us so much with their possession as they torment us with their loss.

The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.

The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool.