Quotes About Wealth

The only reason to save money is to invest it.

We are brainwashed into thinking that money is the source of happiness while what we really need to know is that inner peace is something that comes from within.

The only difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is that the Democrats allow the poor to be corrupt, too.

Rich bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others.

Those who have much are often greedy, those who have little always share.

When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is.

There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor. The poor can think of nothing else.

How strange a thing this is! The Priest telleth me that the Soul is worth all the gold in the world, and the merchants say that it is not worth a clipped piece of silver.

If property had simply pleasures, we could stand it; but its duties make it unbearable. In the interest of the rich we must get rid of it.

The only thing that can console one for being poor is extravagance.

Philanthropy is the refuge of rich people who wish to annoy their fellow creatures.

Who upholds that the good is oft interred with our bones. 'Tisn't true though it is Shakspeare who says it; if you leave your family or your pet hospital a good many thousands, you will get the cardinal virtues, and a trifle more, in letters of gold on your tomb; though if you have lived up to your income, or forgotten to insure, any penny-alining La Monnoye will do to scribble your epitaph, and break off with "C'est trop mentir pour cinq écus!

Truly now is the golden age; the highest honour comes by means of gold; by gold love is procured.

Nowadays nothing but money counts: a fortune brings honors, friendships the poor man everywhere lies low.

How little you know about the age you live in if you think that honey is sweeter than cash in hand.

Money is in some respects life's fire it is a very excellent servant, but a terrible master.

Sudden success in golf is like the sudden acquisition of wealth. It is apt to unsettle and deteriorate the character.

The good news is that, according to the Obama administration, the rich will pay for everything. The bad news is that, according to the Obama administration, you're rich.

You can't get rid of poverty by giving people money.

The Tenth Commandment sends a message to socialists, to egalitarians, to people obsessed with fairness, to American presidential candidates in the year 2000 - to everyone who believes that wealth should be redistributed. And that message is clear and concise: Go to Hell.

Money is in some respects like fire; it is a very excellent servant but a terrible master.

Achieving success, status, and wealth is not a measure of life. Nor is becoming a religious or spiritual paragon of things holy.

Money is a terrible master but an excellent servant.

The foundation of success in life is good health: that is the substratum fortune; it is also the basis of happiness. A person cannot accumulate a fortune very well when he is sick.