There is a noble manner of being poor, and who does not know it will never be rich.Lucius Annaeus Seneca
The life of a man who deliberately runs through his fortune often becomes a business speculation; his friends, his pleasures, patrons, and acquaintances are his capital.Honoré de Balzac
To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something. But to inherit his property afterwards, that is genuine pleasure.Honoré de Balzac
