Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and... the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things take second place to money.
If all our happiness is bound up entirely in our personal circumstances it is difficult not to demand of life more than it has to give.
When life is too easy for us, we must beware or we may not be ready to meet the blows which sooner or later come to everyone, rich or poor.
Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.
The great thing in life is efficiency. If you amount to anything in the world, your time is valuable, your energy precious. They are your success capital, and you cannot afford to heedlessly throw them away or trifle with them.
I would be the first to say that while a lack of money can cause misery, money doesn't buy you happiness.
Money can't buy you happiness but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.
It is also rarer to find happiness in a man surrounded by the miracles of technology than among people living in the desert of the jungle and who by the standards set by our society would be considered destitute and out of touch.
Life is made too easy. Mankind's moral fibre is giving way under the softening influence of luxury.
Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon.