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So many people spend their health gaining wealth, and then have to spend their wealth to regain their health.
So many people spend their health gaining wealth, and then have to spend their wealth to regain their health.
I have no riches but my thoughts Yet these are wealth enough for me.
I have no riches but my thoughts Yet these are wealth enough for me.
 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. 
 A little house well fill'd, a little land well till'd, and a 
little wife well will'd, are great riches.  
 A little house well fill'd, a little land well till'd, and a 
little wife well will'd, are great riches. 
This is an impressive crowd: the Have's and Have-more's. Some people call you the elites. I call you my base.
This is an impressive crowd: the Have's and Have-more's. Some people call you the elites. I call you my base.
 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. 
 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.] 
 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.] 
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.