Quotes About Wealth

We have the men--the skill--the wealth--and above all, the will.... We must be the great arsenal of democracy.

Man acquires wealth in proportion as he puts his labor to better account.

In the world of high finance the shilling of the idle rich man can buy more than that of the poor, industrious man.

When any man accumulates more than he can earn with his own hands, he begins to enrich himself at the expense of the youth, the sweat, the blood, the joy of his fellow men.

Fie on possession, But if a man be vertuous withal.

If a man is indolent, let him be poor. If he is drunken, let him be poor.... Also--somewhat inconsistently--blessed are the poor!

Have you no morals, man?' 'Can't afford them,Governor.

HIGGINS. Have you no morals, man? DOOLITTLE [unabashed] Cant afford them, Governor. Neither could you if you was as poor as me.

Taking all the round of professions and occupations, you will find that every man is the worse for being poor; and the doctor is a specially dangerous man when poor.

The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of a farthing sixe pence. [The miserable man maketh a penny of a farthing, and the liberal of a farthing sixpence.]

They that hold the greatest farmes, pay the least rent (applyed to rich men that are unthankful to God).

Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heire.

Pension never inriched young man. [Pension never enriched a young man.]

Giving much to the poore, doth inrich a mans store. [Giving much to the poor doth increase a man's store.]

What can money do to console a man with a headache?

A man who fights for coin is loyal only to his purse.

In the world as I have seen it, no man grows rich by kindness.

In seventeen of His thirty-seven parables, Jesus dealt with property and man's responsibility for using it wisely.

If a man is to lose his fortune, it is a good thing if he were poor before he acquired it, for poverty requires aptitude.

There is no reason why a king should be rich or a rich man should be a king, no reason at all.

Only poor men get hanged.

Let him avoid ,the acquisition of wealth and ,the gratification of his desires, if they are opposed to the sacred law, and even lawful acts which may cause pain in the future or are offensive to men.

Men made wagers with their judgment, their allegiances, their resources.

A man can hardly be said to have made a fortune if he does not know how to enjoy it.