Money and Wealth

Sir, no man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money.

Wisdom outweighs any wealth.

Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds.

Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces.

If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.

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

When the strong box contains no more both friends and flatterers shun the door.

An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.

Wealth is well known to be a great comforter.

The community which has neither poverty nor riches will always have the noblest principles.

The greatest wealth is to live content with little.

All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue.

Riches cover a multitude of woes.

When a man's stomach is full it makes no difference whether he is rich or poor.

Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all. only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.

Youth is the best time to be rich, and the best time to be poor.

Silver and gold are not the only coin; virtue too passes current all over the world.

No one is truly free, they are a slave to wealth, fortune, the law, or other people restraining them from acting according to their will.

Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.

By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.

For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar of Justice out of sight.

Geological time is not money.

All my life I have been honest-comparatively honest. I could never use money I had not made honestly-I could only lend it.

The law of work seems unfair, but nothing can change it; the more enjoyment you get out of your work, the more money you will make .