es, enjoy all that secret Satisfaction which others are always in quest of. The Truth is, this ridiculous Chace after imaginary Pleasures cannot be sufficiently exposed, as it is the great Source of those Evils which generally undo a Nation. Let a Man's Estate be what it will, he is a poor Man if he does not live within it, and naturally sets himself to Sale to any one that can give him his Price. When
Pittacus
, after the Death of his Brother, who had left him a good Estate, was offered a great Sum of Money by the King of
Lydia
, he thanked him for his Kindness, but told him he had already more by Half than he knew what to do with. In short, Content is equivalent to Wealth, and Luxury to Poverty; or, to give the Thought a more agreeable Turn,
Content is natural Wealth
, says
Socrates
; to which I shall add,
Luxury is artificial Poverty.