It is not the rich man you should properly call happy, but him who knows how to use with wisdom the blessings of the gods, to endure hard poverty, and who fears dishonor worse than death, and is not afraid to die for cherished friends or fatherland.

Horace

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1076 Education alone can conduct us to that enjoyment which is, at once, best in quality and infinite in quantity.
1016 And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.
1089 Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.
1024 We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who, content with his life, can retire from the world like a satisfied guest.
1143 There is measure in all things.

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