Rich enough to buy the only two things apart from health and love worth fussing about in life. Time. And the option of not having to be in any particular place on any particular day doing any particular thing in order to pay the rent or the mortgage.

In a very recent advertisement, Hennessy, the world’s luxury cognac, highlighted a quotation from Richard Hennessy himself (1724–1800): ‘We must let time penetrate what the present cannot.’ Luxury embodies time: this is an essential source of its value. Luxury takes its time; it has time.

Five Values that allow us to live a meaningful life: 1. Health 2. Relationships 3. Passions 4. Growth 5. Contribution