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It is the interest of the commercial world that wealth should be found everywhere.
Better see rightly on a pound a week than squint on a million.
Let us not be too particular; it is better to have old second hand diamonds than none at all.
Wealth is not without its advantages and the cast to the contrary, although it has often been made, has never proved widely persuasive.
There are few sorrows, however poignant, I which a good income is of no avail.
What I call loaded I’m not. What other people call loaded I am.
If you can actually count your money then you are not really a rich man.
The wealth of man is the number of things which he loves and blesses, which he is loved and blessed by.
Worldly wealthy is the devil’s bait; and those whose minds feed upon riches, recede in general from real happiness, in proportion as their stores increase; as the moon, when she is fullest of light, is farthest from the sun.
Seek not proud wealth; but such as thou mayest get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contentedly, yet have not any abstract or friarly contempt of it.
Wealth is like a viper, which is harmless if a man knows how to take hold of it; but if he does not, it will twine round his hand and bite him.
The way to wealth is a plain as the way to market. It depends chiefly on two words, industry and frugality; that is, waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both. Without industry and frugality, nothing will do; as with them, everything.
Wealth is not of necessity a curse, nor poverty a blessing. Wholesome and easy abundance is better than either extreme; better for our manhood that we have enough for daily comfort; enough for culture, for hospitality, for Christian charity. More than this may or may not be a blessing. Certainly it can be a blessing only by beong accepted as a trust.
In the age of acorns, a single barleycorn had been of more value to mankind than all the diamonds in the mines of India.
Our wealth is often a snare to ourselves, and always a temptation to others.
The million covet wealth, but how few dream of its perils! Few are aware of the extent to which it ministers to the baser passions of our nature; of the selfishness it engenders; the arrogance which it feeds; the self security which it inspires; the damage which it does to all the nobler feelings and holier aspirations of the heart!
The greatest humbug in the world is the idea that money can make a man happy. I never had any satisfaction with mine until I began to do good with it.
Prefer loss to the wealth of dishonest gain; the former vexes you for a time; the latter will bring you lasting remorse.
Barring some piece of luck I have seen but few men get rich rapidly except by means that would make them writhe to have known in public.
Men pursue riches under the idea that their possession will set them at ease and above the world. But the law of association often makes those who begin by loving gold as a servant, finish by becoming its slaves; and independence without wealth is at least as common as wealth without independence.
The acquisition of wealth is a work of great labor; its possession a source of continual fear; its loss, of excessive grief.
Better see rightly on a pound a week than squint on a million.
Let us not be too particular; it is better to have old second hand diamonds than none at all.
Mark Twain (1835-1910) American author.
Wealth is not without its advantages and the cast to the contrary, although it has often been made, has never proved widely persuasive.
John Kenneth Galbraith (b.1908) American economist.
There are few sorrows, however poignant, I which a good income is of no avail.
What I call loaded I’m not. What other people call loaded I am.
Zsa Zsa Gabor (b.1921) Hungarian film actress.
If you can actually count your money then you are not really a rich man.
The wealth of man is the number of things which he loves and blesses, which he is loved and blessed by.
Carlyle.
Worldly wealthy is the devil’s bait; and those whose minds feed upon riches, recede in general from real happiness, in proportion as their stores increase; as the moon, when she is fullest of light, is farthest from the sun.
Burton.
Seek not proud wealth; but such as thou mayest get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contentedly, yet have not any abstract or friarly contempt of it.
Bacon.
Wealth is like a viper, which is harmless if a man knows how to take hold of it; but if he does not, it will twine round his hand and bite him.
St. Clement.
The way to wealth is a plain as the way to market. It depends chiefly on two words, industry and frugality; that is, waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both. Without industry and frugality, nothing will do; as with them, everything.
Franklin.
Wealth is not of necessity a curse, nor poverty a blessing. Wholesome and easy abundance is better than either extreme; better for our manhood that we have enough for daily comfort; enough for culture, for hospitality, for Christian charity. More than this may or may not be a blessing. Certainly it can be a blessing only by beong accepted as a trust.
R.D. Hitchcock.
In the age of acorns, a single barleycorn had been of more value to mankind than all the diamonds in the mines of India.
Our wealth is often a snare to ourselves, and always a temptation to others.
Colton.
The million covet wealth, but how few dream of its perils! Few are aware of the extent to which it ministers to the baser passions of our nature; of the selfishness it engenders; the arrogance which it feeds; the self security which it inspires; the damage which it does to all the nobler feelings and holier aspirations of the heart!
Neale.
The greatest humbug in the world is the idea that money can make a man happy. I never had any satisfaction with mine until I began to do good with it.
C.Pratt.
Prefer loss to the wealth of dishonest gain; the former vexes you for a time; the latter will bring you lasting remorse.
Chilo.
Barring some piece of luck I have seen but few men get rich rapidly except by means that would make them writhe to have known in public.
Warner.
Men pursue riches under the idea that their possession will set them at ease and above the world. But the law of association often makes those who begin by loving gold as a servant, finish by becoming its slaves; and independence without wealth is at least as common as wealth without independence.
Colton.
The acquisition of wealth is a work of great labor; its possession a source of continual fear; its loss, of excessive grief.
From the Latin.
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