I recently read a review of a book about former Tonight Show host Johnny Carson. The book was written by Henry Bushkin who served as Carson’s personal attorney for 20 years. While Mr. Carson came across as a friendly and likable person while on camera, in reality, according to the book, he was anything but. All four of his marriages failed because of his excessive drinking and womanizing. On top of that he was not a nice person, so he had no friends. In the end, he died alone at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center unhappy and worth $450 million. The same thing happened to baseball legend Ty Cobb. He was such a mean and nasty person that no one liked him. And, like Johnny Carson, Mr. Cobb died alone a very unhappy man who was worth $90 million in today’s dollars. To his credit, Mr. Cobb confided to someone shortly before he died, “If I had it to do over, I’d have more friends.” The lesson for all of us here is that money can’t buy happiness or friendship. On the other hand, being kind to our fellow human beings will bring both things to us in abundance.