Quotes About Wealth

If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would not have given them to such a scoundrel.

When you see a woman in silks and sables and diamonds speak to a little errand girl or a footman or a scullery maid as though they were the dirt under her feet, you may be sure of one thing; she hasn't come a very long way from the ground herself.

I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck.

Anarchism, then, really stands for the liberation of the human mind from the dominion of religion; the liberation of the human body from the shackles and restraints of government. Anarchism stands for a social order based on the free grouping of individuals for the purpose of producing real social wealth.

Let's be honest, I have enough money to never have to work again.

When we have gold we are in fear, when we have none we are in danger.

Children are poor men's riches

El dinero es el metrónomo que lleva el compás de la vida

The Profits of Religion

la enfermedad de Occidente es la de la abundancia: tener todo lo material y haber reducido al mínimo lo espiritual.

Fame and success are very different things.

Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth, is unhappy, though he be master of the world.

To be rich is not the end, but only a change, of worries.

A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs...

The wealth required by nature is limited and is easy to procure; but the wealth required by vain ideals extends to infinity.

Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.

It is better for you to be free of fear lying upon a pallet, than to have a golden couch and a rich table and be full of trouble.

If you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires.

If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.

Contented poverty is an honorable estate.

If you shape your life according to nature, you will never be poor; if according to people's opinions, you will never be rich.

If you wish to make Pythocles wealthy, don't give him more money; rather, reduce his desires.

Self-sufficiency is the greatest of all wealth.

If you want to make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.