The solution to the problem of a difficult situation spelled out in Sonnet 29 and the envy this brings on of those with better situations is not to wallow in it and feel sorry for oneself.
Shakespeare finds relief and satisfaction in the love of God that he remembers and feels. God is the Friend the poet addresses. This love stimulates a man to be true to himself and to embrace Godly moral standards. The moral of the sonnet is that this practice as an expression of love of God brings true personal wealth -- ones integrity and self-esteem.
The above understanding is highlighted in others of the sonnets, for example, Sonnet 123, in which the poet declares in the face of the arrogant ones that he "will be true," despight the condition of mortality that all face. As the Bible states it, "those who seek The Lord are not in want of any good thing."
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