There is none to tell the rich to go on striving, for a rich man makes the law that hallows and hollows his own life.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Wealth often takes away chances from men as well as poverty. There is none to tell the rich to go on striving, for a rich man makes the law that hallows and hollows his own life.
No Man is richer for having his Estate all in Money, Plate, etc. lying by him, but on the contrary, he is for that reason the poorer.
Governments, of course, can - and do - soak the rich.
There is a noble manner of being poor, and who does not know it will never be rich.
The rich will do anything for the poor but get off their backs.
There is no real wealth but the labor of man.
Secrets of the past! Who does not wish to keep the past locked in a cage like a ferocious beast? The rich are sleepless for fear of thieves. The respectable have to guard their reputations in the same way.
Every man is dishonest who lives upon the labor of others, no matter if he occupies a throne.
Many men are contemptuous of riches; few can give them away.
The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.