Quotes About Riches

Happiness is not fame or riches or heroic virtues, but a state that will inspire posterity to think in reflecting upon our life, that it was the life they would wish to live.

It is from work that men are rich in flocks and wealthy, and a working man is much dearer to the immortals

Henry says, 'Her Grace will withdraw.' Jane is shaking. 'They are too much burdened with taxes.' The king leans forward. 'The burdens of tax do not rest on the shoulders of labourers, or small husbandmen. Dives, the rich man, knows and has always known how to pass off his interests as the interests of Lazarus, the beggar.

Off with our nightgowns, and on with the silks and taffetas! Velvet and damask and lace like foam! Buttoned gloves, coral beads, pearl rings, diamond bracelets! Perfumes, powders, gilt tiaras and satin dancing shoes!

The rich believed they were lucky, and that any fortune they didn't already have could be bought. They had so much already, disappointment became inconceivable.

Gold fabric and glittering gems are drowning in scarlet.

Those who spend too fast never grow rich.

The secret of great fortunes with no apparent source is a forgotten crime.

Where poverty ceases, avarice begins.

For avarice begins where poverty ends.

Nuestra felicidad, amigo mío, tendrá siempre cabida entre la planta de nuestros pies y nuestro occipucio; y tanto si cuesta un millón al año como cien luises, la percepción intrínseca es la misma en el interior de nosotros. –Gracias;

Im bout my spinach, chesse, dough, chedda, feddi, gwop, money, moolah, mozarella, etc etc.

All about a dollar like four quarters.

Property is the fruit of labor--property is desirable--is a positive good in the world. That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and hence is just encouragement to industry and enterprise. Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another; but let him labor diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.

How I measure riches is by the friends I have and the loved ones I have and the people that I care about in my life, and that's where my values are and that's where my riches are.

In a way, the whole tangible universe itself is a vast residue, a skeleton of countless lives that have germinated in it and have left it, leaving behind them only a trifling, infinitesimal part of their riches.

The rumors of Radziwill fortune have been vastly overstated.

Money is only a vehicle that provides you with options, and I say there's only one thing that money can't buy - poverty.

Plush velvet conjures up kings and opulence.

Many a treasure besides Ali Baba's is unlocked with a verbal key.

It pains me to think how much you are worth now. I can't tell you that. If you can count it, you haven't got any.

thousand-dollar bills.

Whatever the cause, the United States is privately rich but socially poor. It caters to the pursuit of wealth but pays scant attention to those left behind. And though American culture emphasizes individualism and the pursuit of individual wealth perhaps more than any other society, that focus does not lead to greater happiness. Of

measures like GDP per person give only a rough reflection of the overall level of wellbeing of an individual or a nation. But for sustainable development we are interested in raising human wellbeing, not just in raising income, still less in a mad race for more riches for people who are already rich. Therefore, it is important to ask how we can best measure wellbeing (or life satisfaction) beyond GDP per capita.