Dumbledore explains in the 17th chapter “The Man With Two Faces” to Harry, that the loss of the Philosopher’s Stone is not that bad after all, by saying: “As much money and life as you could want... humans have a knack of choosing precisely those things which are worst for them.” Dumbledore just tries to say, that having as much life and money as you want, are really not the best things to have. "As much money and life as you want... humans have a knack of choosing precisely those things which are worst for them."
Think about it, imagine yourself being in that situation! You probably think for a start: “Man, that’s great, no more work, not anything I really have to do but spending my money.” I know myself sometimes wishing to have more money and time, because there are so many things to do and have. Would that really be a lot of pleasure? I don’t think so, because in my opinion, you should reach your goals by spending some effort for it. Another thing is, that you are never in a rush or have to stick to your appointments, because it will never be to late for you. You could wait forever and longer, but there is no forever, so it’s never too late, because there is no end. It has to feel like standing on a road, which ends with the horizon and everybody passes you towards the horizon, but you are stuck to a point and will never reach the end of it. So you would live longer than all the others and therefore have to see everybody die. And that would be the most horrible part of the whole situation.
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