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Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only. Money is not required to buy one necessary of the soul.
Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only. Money is not required to buy one necessary of the soul.
 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. 
 It cannot be repeated too often that the safety of great wealth 
with us lies in obedience to the read more 
 It cannot be repeated too often that the safety of great wealth 
with us lies in obedience to the new version of the Old World 
axiom--Richesse oblige. 
 You often ask me, Priscus, what sort of person I should be, if I 
were to become suddenly rich read more 
 You often ask me, Priscus, what sort of person I should be, if I 
were to become suddenly rich and powerful. Who can determine 
what would be his future conduct? Tell me, if you were to become 
a lion, what sort of a lion would you be? 
Only the man who does not need it, is fit to inherit wealth, the man who would make his fortune read more
Only the man who does not need it, is fit to inherit wealth, the man who would make his fortune no matter where he started.
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.
Riches are a good handmaiden, but the worst mistress.
Riches are a good handmaiden, but the worst mistress.
Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it.
Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it.
 The foolish sayings of the rich pass for wise saws in society.
 [Sp., Las necedades del rico por sentencias read more 
 The foolish sayings of the rich pass for wise saws in society.
 [Sp., Las necedades del rico por sentencias pasan en el mundo.]