A wound hurts just as much whether you have a big body or a small one. Bion made a clever point: "It hurts bald men just as much as hairy men to have their hair pulled out." You can be sure the same is true for rich and poor people. They suffer equally when they lose money. Money sticks to both groups, and you can't tear it away without them feeling pain. But as I said, it's easier to bear never having wealth than losing it once you have it. That's why you'll find that people who never had good fortune are often happier than those who once had it and lost it.
a wound causes the same amount of pain to the greatest and the smallest body. It was a neat saying of Bion's, "that it hurts bald men as much as hairy men to have their hairs pulled out": you may be assured that the same thing is true of rich and poor people, that their suffering is equal: for their money clings to both classes, and cannot be torn away without their feeling it: yet it is more endurable, as I have said, and easier not to gain property than to lose it, and therefore you will find that those upon whom Fortune has never smiled are more cheerful than those whom she has deserted.