Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness. The more we have, the less we are masters of what we have, and the more we are enslaved to it.

It is not the man who has too little who is poor, but the one who hankers after more. Do you ask what is the proper limit to wealth? It is, first, to have what is necessary, and, second, to have what is enough.

It is not the man who has too little who is poor, but the man who hankers after more.