"And what then ?"--"I will then go to subdue Africa; and lastly, when I have brought the whole world to my subjection, I will sit down and rest content at my own ease." "For God sake, sir," replied Cyneas, "tell me what hinders that you may not, if you please, be now in the condition you speak of?
Why do you not now at this instant settle yourself in the state you seem to aim at, and spare all the labour and hazard you interpose ?" "Nimirum, quia non cognovit, qux esset habendi Finis, et omnino quoad crescat vera voluptas." ["Forsooth because he does not know what should be the limit of acquisition, and altogether how far real pleasure should increase." -- Lucretius, v.

1431] I will conclude with an old versicle, that I think very apt to the purpose: "Mores cuique sui fingunt fortunam." ["Every man frames his own fortune." -- Cornelius Nepos, Life of Atticus].