“Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.”
“Philosophy calls for simple living, not for doing penance, and the simple way of life need not be a crude one.”
“You ask what is the proper limit to a person's wealth? First, having what is essential, and second, having what is enough.”
“Until we have begun to go without them, we fail to realize how unnecessary many things are. We've been using them not because we needed them but because we had them.”
“It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.”
“It is quality rather than quantity that matters.”
“He who is content.”
“The shortest route to wealth is the contempt of wealth.”
“Set aside a certain number of days, during which you shall be content with the scantiest and cheapest fare, with course and rough dress, saying to yourself the while: 'Is this the condition that I feared?”
“Let silence be your general rule; or say only what is necessary and in few words.”