Riches Quotes

The contempt of riches in the philosophers was a concealed desire of revenging on fortune the injustice done to their merit, by despising the good she denied them.

The passion of acquiring riches in order to support a vain expense corrupts the purest souls.

Sound health is the greatest of gifts; contentedness, the greatest of riches; trust, the greatest of qualities.

When God at first made man, Having a glass of blessings standing by, 'Let us,'said he,'pour on him all we can: Let the world's riches, which disperse' d lie, Contract into a span'.

Gentility is nothing but Ancient Riches.

Riches, honors and pleasure are the sweets which destroy the mind's appetite for heavenly food; poverty, disgrace and pain are the bitters which restore it.

Rank and riches are chains of gold, but still chains.

A rich woman seems to have all her banknotes about her, guarding her virtue, like a cuirass, in the lining of her corset.

The ancient philosophers, Chinese, Hindu, Persian, and Greek, were a class than which none has been poorer in outward riches, none so rich inward.

Wealth cannot purchase any great private solace or convenience. Riches are only the means of sociality.

He is the rich man, and enjoys the fruit of his riches, who summer and winter forever can find delight in his own thoughts.

Riches without law are more dangerous than is poverty without law

Know from the bounteous heaven all riches flow.

Virginity, like all monstrosities, possesses special riches and its own absorbing grandeur. Among the chaste, life forces are economized and thus gain in resistance and durability.

Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.

All else-valor, a good name, glory, everything in heaven and earth-is secondary to the charm of riches.

As riches grow, care follows, and a thirst For more and more.

Riches with their wicked inducements increase; nevertheless, avarice is never satisfied.

One always has riches when one has a book to read.

On their way to freedom, some people find riches, some people find death.

It is more pitiable once to have been rich than not to be rich now.

For sleep, riches and health to be truly enjoyed and gratefully appreciated, they must be interrupted so the person can see that not having them is not as good as having them.

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.

I love energy. I love it. And I pursue it, and I want more of it. Physical and mental energy, to me, are the greatest riches of human life. And TM is like a free account of an endless amount of it.

It is a wealthy person, indeed, who calculates riches not in gold but in friends.

We who didn't inherit political power nor are made to acquire riches like nothing better than that which expands and solidifies the power of the spirit.

It is not the fact that a man has riches which keeps him from the kingdom of heaven, but the fact that riches have him.

I think that most of us [writers] would rather have an audience than countless riches. If we wanted to be rich, we'd be doing smething else.

Success by the laws of competition signifies a victory over others by obtaining the direction and profits of their work. This is the real source of all great riches.

Riches seem to come to the poor in spirit, the poor in interest and joy. To put it straight - the very rich are a poor bunch of bastards

The care of our national commerce redounds more to the riches and prosperity of the public than any other act of government.

Riches ... don't consist in having things, but in not having to do something you don't want to do. ... Riches is being able to thumb your nose.

We can tell that a good name is better than riches by those who prefer the riches.

So many wonderful books to write, and not enough hours in the day. An embarrassment of riches.

The love of money is the source of an enormous amount of good; the fact that the good is a by-product of the selfish pursuit of riches has nothing to do with its indisputable value.

O painter, take care lest the greed for gain prove a stronger incentive than renown in art, for to gain this renown is a far greater thing than is the renown of riches.

I will give you the treasures of darkness, riches stored in secret places … In the most unlikely places I will bless your efforts and reward your perseverance with small indications of your victory.

He is rich who wishes no more than he has.

Nature seems to have poured forth her riches so without calculation, merely to mark the fullness of her joy.

The windfall of great riches can, if mismanaged, make things worse, not better, for the recipients.

The desire for riches is more sharpened by their use than by their need. Pleasing all: a mark that can never be aimed at or hit.

Riches are of little avail in many of the calamities to which mankind are liable.

Riches are able to solder up abundance of flaws.

Riches, both material and spiritual, can choke you if you do not use them fairly. For not even God can put anything in a heart that is already full.

Quick riches are more dangerous than poverty.

I pray daily, not for more riches, but for more wisdom with which to recognize, embrace and enjoy what I already possess.

Riches begin in the form of thought.

But I'm alone on my throne All these riches

I've got a few guitars that I like. The trouble with fame and riches is that you have more than one guitar.

Was Mann himself fully aware of all the facets of his irony? Probably not - any more than Shakespeare was fully aware of all the riches subsequent critics have found in his plays.