A Guide to the Good Lifeby Parker on TwosWhen someone eats, he should choose food not for pleasure but for nourishment, not to please his palate but to strengthen his bodyRather than living to eat, we should eat to liveWe should guard against squiring a taste for delicacies, because once we start in this direction, it will be difficult to stopThe pleasure connected with food is undoubtedly the most difficult of all pleasures to combatDress to protect our bodies, not to impress other peopleThe desire for luxuries is not a natural desire. Natural desires can be satisfied; unnatural desires cannotSelf-respect, trustworthiness, and high-mindedness are more valuable than wealth”The man who adapts himself to his slender means and makes himself wealthy on a little sum, is a truly rich man” - LuciliusA persons happiness depends more on his values than on where he resides