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Infinite riches in a little room.
Infinite riches in a little room.
I think when you spread the wealth around it's good for everybody.
I think when you spread the wealth around it's good for everybody.
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.]
Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only.
Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only.
Can wealth give happiness? look round and see
What gay distress! what splendid misery!
Whatever fortunes lavishly read more
Can wealth give happiness? look round and see
What gay distress! what splendid misery!
Whatever fortunes lavishly can pour,
The mind annihilates, and calls for more.
It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die.
It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die.
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.
Dame Nature gave him comeliness and health,
And Fortune (for a passport) gave him wealth.
Dame Nature gave him comeliness and health,
And Fortune (for a passport) gave him wealth.
He who multiplies riches multiplies cares.
He who multiplies riches multiplies cares.