Quotation by Seneca
But what of it? I do not consider a man poor if he is content, however little he has left.
Modern translation by the editorial team, based on the cited French edition.
Original French text
Mais quoi ! je n’estime point pauvre l’homme qui, si peu qu’il lui demeure, est content.Lettres à Lucilius, lettre I. Traduction Joseph Baillard, Hachette, 1914, tome II, p. 1-2.