7/36 10.) Seneca (_On Tranquillity of Soul_, 8): "_Riches ... the greatest source of human trouble_." "Be content with such things as ye have." (Heb.xiii. 5.) "Having food and raiment, let us be therewith content." (1 Tim.vi. 8.) Seneca (_Letter_ 114): "_We shall be wise if we desire but little; if each man takes count of himself, and at the same time measures his own body, he will know how little it can contain, and for how short a time_." _Letter_ 110: "_We have polenta, we have water; let us challenge Jupiter himself to a comparison of bliss!_" "Godliness with contentment is great gain." (1 Tim.vi. 6.) Seneca (_Letter_ 110): "_Why are you struck with wonder and astonishment? |