38.] what of all that, if he be a fool?
even pleasure and good fortune are not relished without vigour and understanding: "Haec perinde sunt, ut ilius animus; qui ea possidet Qui uti scit, ei bona; illi, qui non uritur recte, mala." ["Things are, as is the mind of their possessor; who knows how to use them, to him they are good; to him who abuses them, ill." -- Terence, Heart., i.

3, 21.] Whatever the benefits of fortune are, they yet require a palate to relish them.

'Tis fruition, and not possession, that renders us happy: ["'Tis not lands, or a heap of brass and gold, that has removed fevers from the ailing body of the owner, or cares from his mind.
The possessor must be healthy, if he thinks to make good use of his realised wealth.

To him who is covetous or timorous his house and estate are as a picture to a blind man, or a fomentation to a gouty."-- Horace, Ep., i.

2, 47.] He is a sot, his taste is palled and flat; he no more enjoys what he has than one that has a cold relishes the flavour of canary, or than a horse is sensible of his rich caparison.