Worldly riches are like nuts; many a tooth is broken in cracking them, but never is the stomach filled with read more

Worldly riches are like nuts; many a tooth is broken in cracking them, but never is the stomach filled with eating them.

All gold and silver rather turn to dirt,
An 'tis no better reckoned but of these
Who read more

All gold and silver rather turn to dirt,
An 'tis no better reckoned but of these
Who worship dirty gods.

But wealth is a great means of refinement; and it is a security
for gentleness, since it removes disturbing read more

But wealth is a great means of refinement; and it is a security
for gentleness, since it removes disturbing anxieties.
- Ik Marvel (pseudonym of Donald G. Mitchell),

Riches are deservedly despised by a man of honor, because a
well-stored chest intercepts the truth.
[Lat., Opes read more

Riches are deservedly despised by a man of honor, because a
well-stored chest intercepts the truth.
[Lat., Opes invisae merito sunt forti viro,
Quia dives arca veram laudem intercipit.]

The little sister of the Poor
. . . .
The Poor, and their concerns, she has
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The little sister of the Poor
. . . .
The Poor, and their concerns, she has
Monopolized, because of which
It falls to me to labor as
A Little Brother of the Rich.

If your Riches are yours, why don't you take them with you to
t'other world?

If your Riches are yours, why don't you take them with you to
t'other world?

I am rich beyond the dreams of avarice.

I am rich beyond the dreams of avarice.

Our Lord commonly giveth Riches to such gross asses, to whom he
affordeth nothing else that is good.

Our Lord commonly giveth Riches to such gross asses, to whom he
affordeth nothing else that is good.

A rich man is either a scoundrel or the heir of a scoundrel.

A rich man is either a scoundrel or the heir of a scoundrel.