Moral Letters to Lucilius Section 11

Ad supervacua sudatur. Illa sunt, quae togam conterunt, quae nos senescere sub tentorio cogunt, quae in aliena litora inpingunt. Ad manum est, quod sat est. Cui cum paupertate bene convenit, dives est. Vale.

la chose est à notre portée ; c’est pour le superflu que l’on sue, c’est le superflu qui nous use
sous la toge, qui nous condamne à vieillir sous la tente, qui nous envoie échouer aux côtes étrangères. Et l’on a sous la main ce qui suffit ! Qui s’accommode de sa pauvreté est riche.

It is the superfluous things for which men sweat, - the superfluous things that wear our togas threadbare, that force us to grow old in camp, that dash us upon foreign shores. That which is enough is ready to our hands. He who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich. Farewell.