Quotes About Wealth

Only poor people go to jail.

My family got all over me because they said Bush is only for the rich people. Then I reminded them, 'Hey, I'm rich'.

If I weren't earning $3 million a year to dunk a basketball, most people on the street would run in the other direction if they saw me coming.

Bad taste creates many more millionaires than good taste.

Money is the most envied, but the least enjoyed. Health is the most enjoyed, but the least envied.

Avarice has ruined more souls than extravagance.

True contentment depends not upon what we have; a tub was large enough for Diogenes, but a world was too little for Alexander.

Many speak the truth when they say that they despise riches, but they mean the riches possessed by others.

Riches may enable us to confer favours, but to confer them with propriety and grace requires a something that riches cannot give.

The greatest and most amiable privilege which the rich enjoy over the poor is that which they exercise the least--the privilege of making others happy.

The three great apostles of practical atheism, that make converts without persecuting, and retain them without preaching, are wealth, health, and power.

TIME IS ARCHIMEDES' LEVER in investing.    Archimedes is often quoted as saying, "Give me a lever long enough and a place to stand, and I can move the earth." In investing, that lever is time. (And the place to stand, of course, is a firm and realistic investment policy.)

And if you don't believe me or even Charley, remember that Warren Buffett, perhaps the greatest investor of our time, has opined that all investors would be better off if their portfolio contained a diversified group of index funds.

Last breath is rare, therefore expensive. However, we prefer to stay poor ... (Dernier soupir est rare, donc cher. - Pourtant, on préfère rester pauvre...)

Money doesn't smell", but feels profiteers … ("L'argent n'a pas d'odeur", - Mais sent les profiteurs.)

Money has no smell", but smells the profiteers. ("L'argent n'a pas d'odeur", - Mais sent les profiteurs.) -

Money opens many doors.The door of the coffin, among others. (L'argent ouvre bien des portes. - Celle du cercueil entre autres.)

The king who has the broad bean does not have one whole wafer. (Le roi qui a la fève - N'a la galette entière.)

The money opens many doors. That of the coffin, among other things. (L'argent ouvre de nombreuses portes. - Celle du cercueil, entre autres.)

The werewolf by the moon. The wererat by money. (Loup garou par la lune. - Rat garou par les thunes.)

Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.

The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none.

My guiding star always is, Get hold of portable property.

Buy an annuity cheap, and make your life interesting to yourself and everybody else that watches the speculation.