This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.

This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.

A little house well fill'd, a little land well till'd, and a
little wife well will'd, are great riches.

A little house well fill'd, a little land well till'd, and a
little wife well will'd, are great riches.

Can wealth give happiness? look round and see
What gay distress! what splendid misery!
Whatever fortunes lavishly read more

Can wealth give happiness? look round and see
What gay distress! what splendid misery!
Whatever fortunes lavishly can pour,
The mind annihilates, and calls for more.

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.

So many people spend their health gaining wealth, and then have to spend their wealth to regain their health.

So many people spend their health gaining wealth, and then have to spend their wealth to regain their health.

There's nothing so comfortable as a small bankroll. A big one is always in danger.

There's nothing so comfortable as a small bankroll. A big one is always in danger.

O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.

O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.

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.

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.