Mostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things. - Arthur Schopenhauer

الثروة مثل ماء البحر كلما شربت منها زاد عطشك وذلك ينطبق أيضا على الشهرة.

Qualsiasi uomo notevole, chiunque cioè non appartenga a quei 5/6 dell'umanità dotati tanto miseramente dalla natura, rimarrà dopo i quarant'anni difficilmente esente da una certa traccia di misantropia.

It would be better if there were nothing. Since there is more pain than pleasure on earth, every satisfaction is only transitory, creating new desires and new distresses, and the agony of the devoured animal is always far greater than the pleasure of the devourer