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Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from read more
Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.
'Tis a sort of duty to be rich, that it may be in one's power to do good, riches being read more
'Tis a sort of duty to be rich, that it may be in one's power to do good, riches being another word for power.
Embarrassment of riches.
[Fr., Embarras des richesse.]
Embarrassment of riches.
[Fr., Embarras des richesse.]
Dame Nature gave him comeliness and health,
And Fortune (for a passport) gave him wealth.
Dame Nature gave him comeliness and health,
And Fortune (for a passport) gave him wealth.
The rich are more envied by those who have a little, than by those who have nothing.
The rich are more envied by those who have a little, than by those who have nothing.
The man is mechanically turned, and made for getting. . . . It
was verily prettily said that we read more
The man is mechanically turned, and made for getting. . . . It
was verily prettily said that we may learn the little value of
fortune by the persons on whom Heaven is pleased to bestow it.
The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.
The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.
Infinite riches in a little room.
Infinite riches in a little room.
Base wealth preferring to eternal praise.
Base wealth preferring to eternal praise.
