A Story: The House Built to One's Own Size

I heard of a wise and decent man who built himself a house just his own size. Someone said, 'I know you have the means to build far better than this.' He answered, 'This is enough.' What would I want with raising a grand pavilion? This much is enough for a place I'll only leave behind. Don't build your house in the path of a flood, my friend, for no one has ever seen that building finished. It shows neither wisdom, nor sense, nor good judgment for a caravan to build an inn on the open road.