That you are rich, is nothing to me; but only whether you are willing to spend your money.
Many strive harder to appear happy than to be so. Ostentation is wealth shamming happiness. Envy is the fool who does not see through the sham.
The rich have less advantage over the poor than the latter suppose.
Not the inventory of your property, but that of your unsatisfied wants, measures your fortune; not your annual
income, but your annual deficit or surplus, makes you rich or poor.