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.]

If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would
not have given them to such read more

If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would
not have given them to such a scoundrel.

Midas-eared Mammonism, double-barrelled Dilettantism, and their
thousand adjuncts and corollaries, are not the Law by which God
Almighty read more

Midas-eared Mammonism, double-barrelled Dilettantism, and their
thousand adjuncts and corollaries, are not the Law by which God
Almighty has appointed this His universe to go.

Riches, the incentives to evil, are dug out of the earth.
[Lat., Effodiuntur opes irritamenta malorum.]

Riches, the incentives to evil, are dug out of the earth.
[Lat., Effodiuntur opes irritamenta malorum.]

A faithful man shall abound with blessings; but he that maketh
haste to be rich shall not be innocent.

A faithful man shall abound with blessings; but he that maketh
haste to be rich shall not be innocent.

Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only.

Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only.

Infinite riches in a little room.

Infinite riches in a little room.

He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.

He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.

There are, while human miseries abound,
A thousand ways to waste superfluous wealth,
Without one fool or read more

There are, while human miseries abound,
A thousand ways to waste superfluous wealth,
Without one fool or flatterer at your board,
Without one hour of sickness or disgust.