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The use of money is all the advantage there is in having money.
The use of money is all the advantage there is in having money.
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.
 Want is a growing giant whom the coat of Have was never large 
enough to cover.  
 Want is a growing giant whom the coat of Have was never large 
enough to cover. 
If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free. If our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.
If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free. If our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.
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.
Infinite riches in a little room.
Infinite riches in a little room.
 Give no bounties:  make equal laws: secure life and prosperity 
and you need not give alms.  
 Give no bounties:  make equal laws: secure life and prosperity 
and you need not give alms. 
 The ungovernable passion for wealth.
 [Lat., Opum furiata cupido.]  
 The ungovernable passion for wealth.
 [Lat., Opum furiata cupido.] 
 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.