To suppose as we all suppose, that we could be rich and not behave as the rich behave, is like supposing that we could drink all day and stay sober.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame.
Money, again, has often been a cause of the delusion of the multitudes. Sober nations have all at once become desperate gamblers, and risked almost their existence upon the turn of a piece of paper.
I think that everyone is saying all kinds of things about 'rich.' Not only am I rich from doing some of things I've been able to do, but I'm rich in spirit. I'm rich in health. I'm rich in every way possible.
Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.
We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.
You are rich if and only if money you refuse tastes better than money you accept.
If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.
It is in spending oneself that one becomes rich.
While no amount of financial wealth can guarantee an experience of prosperity, it is possible to experience prosperity at almost any level of income, except when we are unable to meet our basic physical needs.
A drunkard would not give money to sober people. He said they would only eat it, and buy clothes and send their children to school with it.