Quotes About Wealth

Capitalists are no more capable of self-sacrifice than a man is capable of lifting himself up by his own bootstraps.

A man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

A man may have the best of wealth, cars and fame. But there is nothing more precious in life that he will get than a woman's heart.

Life's been good to me. Why am I so lonely and bored? I used to wonder why so many rich men commit suicide. I no longer wonder.

The rich man never really gives anything, he only distributes part of the surplus. It is the person of moderate means who really gives.

The man who has God for his treasure has all things in one.

War is rich old men protecting their property by sending middle class and lower class young men off to die. It always has been.

Under capitalism man exploits man; under socialism the reverse is true.

It is the superfluous things for which men sweat, - superfluous things that wear our togas theadbare, that force us to grow old in camp, that dash us upon foreign shores.

Riches are a cause of evil, not because, of themselves, they do any evil, but because they goad men on to evil.

I sometimes think that rich men belong to another nationality entirely, no matter what their actual nationality happens to be. The nationality of the rich.

The men who have furnished me with my greatest inspiration have not been men of wealth, but men of deeds.

Who is the covetous man? One for whom plenty is not enough.

One man pretends to be rich, yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.

Everywhere do I percieve a certain conspiracy of rich men seeking their own advantage underthat name and pretext of commonwealth.

Gout, unlike any other disease, kills more rich men than poor, more wise men than simple. Great kings, emperors, generals, admirals and philosophers have all died of gout.

Let every man, every corporation, and especially let every village, town, and city, every county and State, get out of debt and keep out of debt. It is the debtor that is ruined by hard times.

Modern man is frantically trying to earn enough to buy things he's too busy to enjoy.

More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth.

As men get older, the toys get more expensive.

By reason of gifts and bribes the offices be given to rich men, which should rather have been executed by wise men.

Some trees flourish, others die. Some cattle grow strong, others are taken by wolves. Some men are born rich enough and dumb enough to enjoy their lives. Ain't nothing fair. You know that.

Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me.

Good health, longevity, happiness, a loving family, self-reliance, fine friends … if you [have] five, you're a rich man….