Quotes About Riches

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

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

Take all away from me, but leave me Ecstasy, And I am richer then than all my Fellow Men-.

Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.

For all riches come from iniquity, and unless one were to lose another could not gain. Hence the common adage seems to me to be very true: The rich man is unjust or the heir of an unjust one.

These poor rich men, we anglers pity them perfectly.

Who was the fool, who the wise man, beggar or king? Whether poor or rich, all's the same in death.

I am the happiest man alive. I have that in me that can convert poverty to riches, adversity to prosperity, and I am more invulnerable than Archilles; Fortune hath not one place to hit me.

A kind man who makes good use of wealth is rightly said to possess a great treasure; but the miser who hoards up his riches will have no profit.

The methods that help a man acquire a fortune are the very ones that keep him from enjoying it.

The last year had been an education in how little having money really mattered. A rich Vagabond was a Vagabond still, and 'twas common knowledge that King Charles, during the Interregnum, had lived without money in Holland.

Look, all I've got is one-and-a-half quadrillion dollars

Money's awfully nice to have. In fact, all things considered, I think, 'Rene, that it's even worth the price.

To be conscious of being poor while praying for riches is to be rewarded with that which you are conscious of being, namely, poverty. Prayers to be successful must be claimed and appropriated. Assume the positive consciousness of the thing desired.

Bread, cash, dosh, dough, loot, lucre, moolah, readies, the where-withal: call it what you like, money matters.

With you, my life felt indeed like a fantastic adventure - despite our ordinary circumstances, your love imbued everything we did with secret riches.

You'd be amazed how much attention $1 million will get you.

I've lived very well all my life, even when I had no money, and there's very little I can't afford.

Liking money like I like it, is nothing less than mysticism. Money is a glory.

He did not need to be distracted by a woman. A gorgeous woman, yes, but just a woman. He didn't understand her. That was the problem. She was beautiful but unaware of her beauty. She was rich but not grasping. She was timid, yet she rode fearlessly, and for a scroungy dog she roared like a lion. Because of her, he'd had his best boots nipped by a mutt's sharp teeth. Because of her, he'd ordered all flower arrangements changed from red to yellow roses.

If all the rich people in the world divided up their money among themselves there wouldn't be enough to go around.

Infinite riches in a little room

Prudence is a bourgeois virtue, because the rich have something worth saving. The poor splurge because they need desperately to make a colorful splash across the drab fabric of their lives. The hungry don't dream of brown rice and vegetables; they dream of cake.