Riches are a good hand maiden, but a poor mistress.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
There is nothing wrong with men possessing riches. The wrong comes when riches possess men.
Remember, it's as easy to marry a rich woman as a poor woman.
Money is a handmaiden, if thou knowest how to use it; a mistress, if thou knowest not.
Riches do not delight us so much with their possession, as torment us with their loss.
Real riches are the riches possessed inside.
Riches get their value from the mind of the possessor; they are blessings to those who know how to use them, and curses to those who do not.
Riches are not forbidden, but the pride of them is.
Many men are contemptuous of riches; few can give them away.
Riches cover a multitude of woes.
Buy old masters. They fetch a better price than old mistresses.
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