“Why does a philosopher say that wealth is to be despised, and yet have it? . . . And why does the philosopher declare that there is no difference between a longer and a shorter life, and then – if nothing stands in the way – prolong his years, and flourish peacefully in green old age?” He says those things are to be despised not in order that he not have them, but in order that he not worry about keeping them. Seneca, On the Happy Life 21.1–2
