Lampis, the sea commander, being asked how he got his wealth, answered, "My greatest estate I gained easily enough, but the smaller slowly and with much labour."

Plutarch (46(?)-120(?) a d): Whether an Aged Man ought to meddle in State Affairs.

  Mark how fleeting and paltry is the estate of man,—yesterday in embryo, to-morrow a mummy or ashes. So for the hair's-breadth of time assigned to thee live rationally, and part with life cheerfully, as drops the ripe olive, extolling the season that bore it and the tree that matured it.

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121-180 a d): Meditations. iv. 48.

  For the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Advancement of Learning. Book i.

  Of a rich man who was niggardly he said, "That man does not own his estate, but his estate owns him."

Diogenes Laertius (Circa 200 a d): Bion. iii.