A rich man is either a scoundrel or the heir of a scoundrel.

A rich man is either a scoundrel or the heir of a scoundrel.

Wealth is well known to be a great comforter.

Wealth is well known to be a great comforter.

O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.

O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.

Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only.

Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only.

We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty.

We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty.

Noble descent and worth, unless united with wealth, are esteemed
no more than seaweed.
[Lat., Et genus et read more

Noble descent and worth, unless united with wealth, are esteemed
no more than seaweed.
[Lat., Et genus et virtus, nisi cum re, vilior alga est.]

Being rich is having money; being wealthy is having time

Being rich is having money; being wealthy is having time

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.

Infinite riches in a little room.

Infinite riches in a little room.