The man is mechanically turned, and made for getting. . . . It
was verily prettily said that we read more

The man is mechanically turned, and made for getting. . . . It
was verily prettily said that we may learn the little value of
fortune by the persons on whom Heaven is pleased to bestow it.

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.

Wealth is the product of man's capacity to think.

Wealth is the product of man's capacity to think.

Worldly riches are like nuts; many a tooth is broken in cracking them, but never is the stomach filled with read more

Worldly riches are like nuts; many a tooth is broken in cracking them, but never is the stomach filled with eating them.

These riches are possess'd, but not enjoy'd!

These riches are possess'd, but not enjoy'd!

Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it.

Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it.

Infinite riches in a little room.

Infinite riches in a little room.

I've been rich and I've been poor; rich is better.

I've been rich and I've been poor; rich is better.

When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him whose?

When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him whose?