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Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only.
Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only.
If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would
not have given them to such read more
If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would
not have given them to such a scoundrel.
I am rich beyond the dreams of avarice.
I am rich beyond the dreams of avarice.
Who hath not heard the rich complain
Of surfeits, and corporeal pain?
He barr'd from every use read more
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.
And you prate of the wealth of nations, as if it were bought and
sold,
The wealth of read more
And you prate of the wealth of nations, as if it were bought and
sold,
The wealth of nations is men, not silk and cotton and gold.
When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him whose?
When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him whose?
Wealth is the product of man's capacity to think.
Wealth is the product of man's capacity to think.
If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars.
If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars.
The use of money is all the advantage there is in having money.
The use of money is all the advantage there is in having money.