Were not this desire of fame very strong, the difficulty of obtaining it, and the danger of losing it when obtained, would be sufficient to deter a m… - Joseph Addison

"We all of us complain of the shortness of time, saith Seneca, and yet have much more than we know what to do with. Our lives, says he, are spent either in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to the purpose, or in doing nothing that we ought to do: we are always complaining our days are few, and acting as though there would no end of them."- On the Right Use of Time

Истинското щастие изисква уединение и е враг на показност и шум; то се ражда, на първо място от личната удовлетвореност, а на второ- от другарството и общуването с малцината любими същества.

Much might be said on both sides.