An unlucky rich man is more ...

An unlucky rich man is more capable of satisfying his desires and of riding out disaster when it strikes, but a lucky man is better off than him...He is the one who deserves to be described as happy. But until he is dead, you had better refrain from calling him happy, and just call him fortunate.

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Wealth breeds satiety, satiety outrage.
Satiety comes of riches and contumaciousness of satiety.
Laws are like spider's webs: If some poor weak creature comes up against them, it is caught; but a big one can break through and get away.
Chide a friend in private and praise him in public.
Speech is the mirror of action.