Nothing shall seem to me so truly my possessions as the gifts I have wisely bestowed.

Seneca the Younger (c. 4 BC-AD 65) Roman statesman, philosopher, playwright [Lucius Annaeus Seneca]

Moral Letters to Lucilius [Epistulae morales ad Lucilium], letter 20 “On the Happy Life,” sec. 4 [tr. Basore (1932)]