Quotes About Riches

Money, or the lack of it, haunted him. Oh, not because he had so little. He was, in fact, very wealthy. It was the beggarliness of his companion that caused him the most pain.

As riches and honor forsake a man, we discover him to be a fool, but nobody could find it out in his prosperity.

It is in men as in soils where sometimes there is a vein of gold which the owner knows not.

Riches expose a man to pride and luxury, and a foolish elation of heart.

It is true that wealth won't make a man virtuous, but I notice there ain't anybody who wants to be poor just for the purpose of being good.

The fame of the rich man dies with him; the fame of the treasure, and not of the man who possessed it, remains.

Under capitalism the common man enjoys amenities which in ages gone by were unknown and therefore inaccessible even to the richest people.

Learning maketh young men temperate, is the comfort of old age, standing for wealth with poverty, and serving as an ornament to riches.

May I deem the wise man rich, and may I have such a portion of gold as none but a prudent man can either bear or employ.

The giving of riches and honors to a wicked man is like giving strong wine to him that hath a fever.

The Rich Man's Banquet, which was to last for a decade, had now begun: the feast, it was recognised, went to the greediest.

When a broken tank is filled with water, It certainly will leak on every side. Weak men who grow rich Seldom leave an inheritance.

Wit will never make a man rich, but there are places where riches will always make a wit.

It is not the man who has little, but he who desires more, that is poor.

A man with a million dollars can be as happy nowadays as though he were rich.

Buying coffee on the street instead of in a Starbucks is the poor man's way to get rich. In other words, you will never get rich by scratching out ten cents from your dollar.

There was a thoughtful frown on the face of the man who was the possessor of twenty million dollars.

Derek Taylor was where all the razz-ma-tazz and class sprang from; the Beatles were just charming, rich young men.

My dad has more sparkly stuff than most men.

Riches are a blessing or a curse to a man according as he has or has not a heart to make good use of them.

Whenever I find a great deal of gratitude in a poor man, I take it for granted there would be as much generosity if he were a rich man.

When men drink wine they are rich, they are busy, they push lawsuits, they are happy, they are friends.

In my opinion, every rich man is a miser.

No man is rich who is unsatisfied, but who wants nothing possess his heart's desire.