Prosperity is something the businessmen created for politicians to take credit for. (Quote by - Brunswick (ga.) Pilot)

We have produced a world of contented bodies and discontented minds. (Quote by - Adam Clayton Powell)

It shows a weak mind not to bear prosperity as well as adversity with moderation. (Quote by - Marcus Tullius Cicero)

If living conditions don't stop improving in this country, we're going to run out of humble beginnings for our great men. (Quote by - Russell P. Askue)

In general, mankind, since the improvement of cookery, eats twice as much as nature requires. (Quote by - Benjamin Franklin)

Everything in the world may be endured, except only a succession of prosperous days. (Quote by - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)

How much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness. (Quote by - Lucius Annaeus Seneca)

When God has once begun to throw down the prosperous, He overthrows them altogether: such is the end of the mighty. (Quote by - Lucius Annaeus Seneca)

Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes, and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. (Quote by - Francis Bacon)

A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity 'til he has tasted adversity. (Quote by - Sa'di (Musharrif-uddin))

The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. (Quote by - Bible)

Prosperity is the surest breeder of insolence I know. (Quote by - Mark Twain)

How can a society that exists on instant mashed potatoes, packaged cake mixes, frozen dinners, and instant cameras teach patience to its young? (Quote by - Paul Sweeney)