If the neighborhood ran down, I could move my tub off into a better neighborhood, and it never lost value through the deterioration of its location.

I never had to pay taxes on it, and no burglar was ever so hard up that he thought of breaking into my habitation to rob me.

So why should I be jealous of the brownstone-house dwellers?
I am a philosopher, gentlemen.

I tell you, philosophy is the thief of jealousy, and I had the good-luck to find it out early in life." "There is much in what you say," said Confucius.

"But there's another side to the matter.