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

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

Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.

It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and well and justly. And it is impossible to live wisely and well and justly without living a pleasant life.

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

Justice... is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.