There are, while human miseries abound,
A thousand ways to waste superfluous wealth,
Without one fool or read more

There are, while human miseries abound,
A thousand ways to waste superfluous wealth,
Without one fool or flatterer at your board,
Without one hour of sickness or disgust.

He who wishes to become rich wishes to become so immediately.
[Lat., Dives fieri qui vult
Et read more

He who wishes to become rich wishes to become so immediately.
[Lat., Dives fieri qui vult
Et cito vult fieri.]

Riches either serve or govern the possessor.
[Lat., Imperat aut servit collecta pecunia cuique.]

Riches either serve or govern the possessor.
[Lat., Imperat aut servit collecta pecunia cuique.]

I trust no rich man who is officiously kind to a poor man.
[Lat., Nemini credo, qui large blandus read more

I trust no rich man who is officiously kind to a poor man.
[Lat., Nemini credo, qui large blandus est dives pauperi.]

Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it.

Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it.

Riches are deservedly despised by a man of honor, because a
well-stored chest intercepts the truth.
[Lat., Opes read more

Riches are deservedly despised by a man of honor, because a
well-stored chest intercepts the truth.
[Lat., Opes invisae merito sunt forti viro,
Quia dives arca veram laudem intercipit.]

The richest man is not he who has the most, but he who needs the least.

The richest man is not he who has the most, but he who needs the least.

A little house well fill'd, a little land well till'd, and a
little wife well will'd, are great riches.

A little house well fill'd, a little land well till'd, and a
little wife well will'd, are great riches.

No good man ever became suddenly rich.
[Lat., Repente dives nemo factus est bonus.]

No good man ever became suddenly rich.
[Lat., Repente dives nemo factus est bonus.]