Four general reasons can be brought forward to show that perfect happiness consists neither in riches, nor in honor or fame, nor in power. Of which the first is that perfect happiness is not compatible with any evil. The second is that happiness is self- sufficient; once obtained no other prize is wanting, such as good health and wisdom. The third is that no harm results from happiness, whereas sometimes riches are kept to the hurt of the owner, and this may also be the case with the other goods we have mentioned come from external causes and often from good luck.
-St. Thomas Aquinas
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