Wouldst thou both eat thy cake and have it?

I die,--but first I have possess'd, And come what may, I have been bless'd.

Whom have I in heaven but you and earth possesses nothing I desire besides you"
-Psalm 73:25

Cleon hath ten thousand acres,-- Ne'er a one have I; Cleon dwelleth in a place,-- In a cottage I.

Aspiration sees only one side of every question; possession, many.

The English, a spirited nation, claim the empire of the sea; the French, a calmer nation, claim that of the air. [Fr., Les Anglais, nation trop fiere S'arrogent l'empire des mers; Les Francais, nation legere, S'emparent de celui des airs.]