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Some people lose their health getting wealth and then lose their wealth gaining health.
Some people lose their health getting wealth and then lose their wealth gaining health.
 If thou art rich, thou'rt poor,
 For, like an ass whose back with ingots bows,
  Thou bear'st read more 
 If thou art rich, thou'rt poor,
 For, like an ass whose back with ingots bows,
  Thou bear'st thy heavy riches but a journey,
   And death unloads thee. 
I have no riches but my thoughts Yet these are wealth enough for me.
I have no riches but my thoughts Yet these are wealth enough for me.
 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.] 
There's nothing so comfortable as a small bankroll. A big one is always in danger.
There's nothing so comfortable as a small bankroll. A big one is always in danger.
Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from read more
Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.
 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. 
Wealth is in applications of mind to nature; and the art of getting rich consists not in industry, much less read more
Wealth is in applications of mind to nature; and the art of getting rich consists not in industry, much less in saving, but in a better order, in timeliness, in being at the right spot.
 Those who we strive to benefit
 Dear to our hearts soon grow to be;
  I love my read more 
 Those who we strive to benefit
 Dear to our hearts soon grow to be;
  I love my Rich, and I admit
   That they are very good to me.
    Succor the poor, my sisters,--I
     While heaven shall still vouchsafe me health
      Will strive to share and mollify
       The trials of abounding wealth.