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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.
Infinite riches in a little room.
Infinite riches in a little room.
I trust no rich man who is officiously kind to a poor man.
[Lat., Nemini credo, qui large blandus read more
I trust no rich man who is officiously kind to a poor man.
[Lat., Nemini credo, qui large blandus est dives pauperi.]
The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.
The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.
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.
I have mental joys and mental health,
Mental friends and mental wealth,
I've a wife that I read more
I have mental joys and mental health,
Mental friends and mental wealth,
I've a wife that I love and that loves me;
I've all but riches bodily.
Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches
certainly make themselves wings; they fly away read more
Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches
certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward
heaven.
I've been rich and I've been poor; rich is better.
I've been rich and I've been poor; rich is better.
A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.
A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.