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Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only.
Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only.
 Since all the riches of this world
 May be gifts from the devil and earthly kings,
  I read more 
 Since all the riches of this world
 May be gifts from the devil and earthly kings,
  I should suspect that I worshipped the devil
   If I thanked my God for worldly things. 
A learned man has always wealth in himself.
A learned man has always wealth in himself.
 For everything divine and human, virtue, fame, and honor, now 
obey the alluring influence of riches.
 [Lat., Omnis read more 
 For everything divine and human, virtue, fame, and honor, now 
obey the alluring influence of riches.
 [Lat., Omnis enim res,
  Virtus, fama, decus, divina, humanaque pulchris
   Divitiis parent.] 
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 you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart.
If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart.
 But wealth is a great means of refinement; and it is a security 
for gentleness, since it removes disturbing read more 
 But wealth is a great means of refinement; and it is a security 
for gentleness, since it removes disturbing anxieties.
   - Ik Marvel (pseudonym of Donald G. Mitchell), 
 We are not here to sell a parcel of boilers and vats, but the 
potentiality of growing rich beyond read more 
 We are not here to sell a parcel of boilers and vats, but the 
potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice. 
If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars.
If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars.