A prosperous fool is a grievous burden.
“Is he then an unhappy man?” “Ah, a rich man…”
It is uncomfortable to ask condemned people about their sentences just as it is awkward to ask wealthy people why they need so much money, why they use their wealth so poorly, and why they don’t just get rid of it when they recognize that it is the cause of their unhappiness.
When an actor has money, he doesn't send letters but telegrams.
The wealthy man is not he who has money, but he who has the means to live in the luxurious state of early spring.
Millions do not always add up to what a man needs out of life.
I do think at a certain point you've made enough money.
Fame without the money to insulate you from it is one of the most wretched human conditions possible. (p. 80)
The only way not to think about money is to have a great deal of it.