First, one scrambles for wealth. Then, one luxuriates in mocking the effeteness that comes with it.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The product of extraordinary wealth allied to a taste for the sumptuous.
That every person is desirous to obtain, with as little sacrifice as possible, as much as possible of the articles of wealth.
The quest for riches darkens the sense of right and wrong.
It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.
Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendor is not beauty.
Get place and wealth, if possible with grace; if not, by any means get wealth and place.
If there's some triumphant end of the story, I guess in a roundabout way I've gotten what I wanted, which is the ability to do interesting things and the wealth to be free.
People want riches; they need fulfillment.
It is in spending oneself that one becomes rich.
What is wealth? A dream of fools.