Quotes About Wealth

The want of money is the root of all evil.

The worst thing that can happen to a man is to lose his money, the next worst his health, the next worst his reputation.

For what is worth in anythingBut so much money as 'twill bring?

The three most important things a man has are, briefly, his private parts, his money, and his religious opinions.

What makes all doctrines plain and clear?About two hundred pounds a year.And that which was proved true before,Prove false again? Two hundred more.

Money is the last enemy that shall never be subdued. While there is flesh there is money — or the want of money; but money is always on the brain so long as there is a brain in reasonable order.

The three most important parts a man has are, briefly, his private parts, his money and his religious beliefs.

What makes all doctrines plain and clear- About two hundred pounds a year. And that which was prov'd true before Prove false again Two hundred more.

It has been said that the love of money is the root of all evil. The want of money is so quite as truly.

Why should the generations overlap one another at all?  Why cannot we be buried as eggs in neat little cells with ten or twenty thousand pounds each wrapped round us in Bank of England notes, and wake up, as the sphex wasp does, to find that its papa and mamma have not only left ample provision at its elbow, but have been eaten by sparrows some weeks before it began to live consciously on its own account? About

At other times when not quite well he would have them in for the fun of shaking his will at them. He would in his imagination cut them all out one after another and leave his money to found almshouses, till at last he was obliged to put them back, so that he might have the pleasure of cutting them out again the next time he was in a passion.

I've always been driven by the concept of equal justice under the law, but only the rich can pay great sums of money for legal assistance and that puts them at an advantage over the poor.

When house and land are gone and spent, then learning is most excellent.

The habit of looking on the bright side of every event is worth more than a thousand pounds a year.

You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do more good to them by spending it in luxury--you make them exert industry, whereas by giving it, you keep them idle.

Without economy none can be rich, and with it few will be poor.

But scarce observed, the knowing and the bold Fall in the general massacre of gold; Wide-wasting pest! that rages unconfined, And crowds with crimes the records of mankind; For gold his sword the hireling ruffian draws,

A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favour cannot satisfy him.

The lust of gold succeeds the rage of conquest; The lust of gold, unfeeling and remorseless! The last corruption of degenerate man.

As the Spanish proverb says, "He, who would bring home the wealth of the Indies, must carry the wealth of the Indies with him." So it is in traveling, a man must carry knowledge with him if he would bring home knowledge.

Greek, sir, is like lace; every man gets as much of it as he can.

He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.

There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.

Let me smile with the wise, and feed with the rich.