A man that hoards up riches and enjoys them not, is like an ass that carries gold and eats thistles.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
He that is proud of riches is a fool. For if he is exalted above his neighbors because he has more gold, how much inferior is he to a gold mine.
The Lord commonly gives riches to foolish people, to whom he gives nothing else.
There is nothing wrong with men possessing riches. The wrong comes when riches possess men.
If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.
Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
Many men are contemptuous of riches; few can give them away.
The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.
The most pitiful among men is he who turns his dreams into silver and gold.
It is a wise man that does know the contented man is never poor, whilst the discontented man is never rich.
Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it.