"Common sense among men of fortune is rare." Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenal)

"He who wishes to become rich wishes to become so immediately. " Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenal)

"It is easy at any moment to resign the possession of a great fortune; to acquire it is difficult and arduous. " Titus Livy

"The rich man's sons inherits cares; The bank may break, the factory burn, A breath may burst his bubble shares, And soft, white hands could hardly earn A living that would serve his turn." James Russell Lowell

 
"Our Lord commonly giveth Riches to such gross asses, to whom he affordeth nothing else that is good." Martin Luther

 
"Infinite riches in a little room." Christopher Marlowe

 
"The little sister of the Poor . . . . The Poor, and their concerns, she has Monopolized, because of which It falls to me to labor as A Little Brother of the Rich." Edward Sanford Martin

"Those who we strive to benefit Dear to our hearts soon grow to be; I love my Rich, and I admit That they are very good to me. Succor the poor, my sisters,--I While heaven shall still vouchsafe me health Will strive to share and mollify The trials of abounding wealth." Edward Sanford Martin

 
"But wealth is a great means of refinement; and it is a security for gentleness, since it removes disturbing anxieties." Ik Marvel (pseudonym of Donald G. Mitchell)

"Let none admire That riches grow in hell; that soil may best Deserve the precious bane." John Milton

 
"I am rich beyond the dreams of avarice." Edward Moore

 
"Riches, the incentives to evil, are dug out of the earth." Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
 

"A faithful man shall abound with blessings; but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent."  Bible

"Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them." Bible

 
"I have mental joys and mental health, Mental friends and mental wealth, I've a wife that I love and that loves me; I've all but riches bodily." William Blake