A little house well fill'd, a little land well till'd, and a little wife well will'd, are great riches. (Quote by - Unattributed Author)
There are, while human miseries abound, A thousand ways to waste superfluous wealth, Without one fool or flatterer at your board, Without one hour of sickness or disgust. (Quote by - John Armstrong)
That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate; Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life. (Quote by - Bible)
And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. (Quote by - Bible)
Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven. (Quote by - Bible)
A faithful man shall abound with blessings; but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent. (Quote by - Bible)
Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. (Quote by - Bible)
I have mental joys and mental health, Mental friends and mental wealth, I've a wife that I love and that loves me; I've all but riches bodily. (Quote by - William Blake)
Since all the riches of this world May be gifts from the devil and earthly kings, I should suspect that I worshipped the devil If I thanked my God for worldly things. (Quote by - William Blake)
But I have learned a thing or two; I know as sure as fate, When we lock up our lives for wealth, the gold key comes too late. (Quote by - Will Carleton)
Midas-eared Mammonism, double-barrelled Dilettantism, and their thousand adjuncts and corollaries, are not the Law by which God Almighty has appointed this His universe to go. (Quote by - Thomas Carlyle)
Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community. (Quote by - Andrew Carnegie)
The foolish sayings of the rich pass for wise saws in society. (Quote by - Cervantes)
Not to be avaricious is money; not to be fond of buying is a revenue; but to be content with our own is the greatest and most certain wealth of all. (Quote by - Cicero)
Give no bounties: make equal laws: secure life and prosperity and you need not give alms. (Quote by - Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Want is a growing giant whom the coat of Have was never large enough to cover. (Quote by - Ralph Waldo Emerson)
If your Riches are yours, why don't you take them with you to t'other world? (Quote by - Benjamin Franklin)
Who hath not heard the rich complain Of surfeits, and corporeal pain? He barr'd from every use of wealth, Envies the ploughman's strength and health. (Quote by - John Gay)
The ideal social state is not that in which each gets an equal amount of wealth, but in which each gets in proportion to his contribution to the general stock. (Quote by - Henry George)
If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars. (Quote by - Henry George)
And to hie him home, at evening's close, To sweet repast, and calm repose. . . . . From toil we wins his spirits light, From busy day the peaceful night; Rich, from the very want of wealth, In heaven's best treasures, peace and health. (Quote by - Thomas Gray)
Dame Nature gave him comeliness and health, And Fortune (for a passport) gave him wealth. (Quote by - Walter Harte)
For wealth, without contentment, climbs a hill, To feel those tempests which fly over ditches. (Quote by - George Herbert)
It cannot be repeated too often that the safety of great wealth with us lies in obedience to the new version of the Old World axiom--Richesse oblige. (Quote by - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.)
Base wealth preferring to eternal praise. (Quote by - Homer)