No one is rich whose expenditures exceed his means, and no one is poor whose incomings exceed his outgoings.
I think we are living in selfish times. I'm the first one to say that I'm the most selfish. We live in the so-called 'first world,' and we may be first in a lot of things like technology, but we are behind in empathy.
I know that attaching memories to books may be going out of the world, but while it lasts, it's a strong record of your life.