Quotes About Wealth

Set a beggar on horseback and he will ride a gallop.

ìIdleness is an appendix to nobilityî

A mere madness, to live like a wretch and die rich.

[The rich] are indeed rather possessed by their money than possessors.

What physic, what chirurgery, what wealth, favor, authority can relieve, bear out, assuage, or expel a troubled conscience? A quiet mind cureth all them, but all they cannot comfort a distressed soul: who can put to silence the voice of desperation?

Penny wise, pound foolish.

Restore a man to his health, his purse lies open to thee.

Worldly wealth 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, is farthest from the sun.

Let thy fortune be what it will, 'tis thy mind alone that makes thee poor or rich, miserable or happy.

As a fat body is more subject to diseases, so are rich men to absurdities and fooleries, to many casualties and cross inconveniences.

It is money, money, money! Not ideas, not principles, but money that reigns supreme in American politics.

Money must circulate to bring power.

What money should buy is not lifeless objects but power over people.

Authority: The shortest and best way to make your fortune is to let people see clearly that it is in their interests to promote yours. (Jean de La Bruyère, 1645-1696)

Money gives its possessor the ability to give pleasure to others.

More important, such events share a second feature, one that is absent from an increase in taxes: they reduce our own incomes while leaving others' incomes unaffected. Higher taxes, in contrast, reduce all incomes in tandem. This difference holds the key to understanding the mother of all cognitive illusions.

And the great thing about money is that it doesn't matter when you harvest it. It's an all-year crop.

And so we drifted towards calamity. At times, Cicero was shrewd enough to see it. "Can a constitution devised centuries ago to replace a monarchy, and based upon a citizens' militia, possibly hope to run an empire whose scope is beyond anything ever dreamed of by its framers? Or must the existence of standing armies and the influx of inconceivable wealth inevitably destroy our democratic system?

La ley es tan cara! -comentó Clodio con una sonrisa-. El pobre Catilina ha tenido que vender las reliquias de la familia para poder estar seguro de la justicia. Realmente, es un escándalo. No sé cómo se las arregla la gente.

Can a constitution devised centuries ago to replace a monarchy, and based upon a citizens' militia, possibly hope to run an empire whose scope is beyond anything ever dreamed of by its framers? Or must the existence of standing armies and the influx of inconceivable wealth inevitably destroy our democratic system?

If someone offers him enough gold, it becomes a toss of the dice, and not even Mat Cauthon could say how they'll land.

Lembre-se: A discrição mantém um homem vivo para gastar seu dinheiro.

power often grew from others deciding that you already had power, and an appearance of wealth could give that.

She supposed it was one way to find money for the poor. Simply rob anyone who was not poor. Of course, that would just make everyone poor in the end, but it might work for a time.