The weak shows his strength and hides his weaknesses; the magnificent exhibits his weaknesses like ornaments. - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

The virtuous worry about their integrity, lesser humans (say, academics) about their reputation.

What they call "play" (gym, travel, sports) looks like work; the harder they try, the more captive they are.

The fact that people in countries with cold weather tend to be harder working, richer, less relaxed, less amicable, less tolerant of idleness, more (over) organized and more harried than those in hotter climates should make us wonder whether wealth is mere indemnification, and motivation is just overcompensation for not having a real life.