"But I have learned a thing or two; I know as sure as fate, When we lock up our lives for wealth, the gold key comes too late." Will Carleton

 
"Midas-eared Mammonism, double-barrelled Dilettantism, and their thousand adjuncts and corollaries, are not the Law by which God Almighty has appointed this His universe to go." Thomas Carlyle

 
"Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community." Andrew Carnegie

 
"The foolish sayings of the rich pass for wise saws in society." Cervantes (Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra)

 
"Not to be avaricious is money; not to be fond of buying is a revenue; but to be content with our own is the greatest and most certain wealth of all." Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero)

 
"I am absolutely convinced that no wealth in the world can help humanity forward, even in the hands of the most devoted worker. The example of great and pure individuals is the only thing that can lead us to noble thoughts and deeds. Money only appeals to selfishness and irresistibly invites abuse. Can anyone imagine M anyone imagine Moses, Jesus or Gandhi armed with the money-bags of Carnegie?" Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero)

 
"Give no bounties: make equal laws: secure life and prosperity and you need not give alms." Ralph Waldo Emerson

 
"Want is a growing giant whom the coat of Have was never large enough to cover." Ralph Waldo Emerson

 
"If your Riches are yours, why don't you take them with you to t'other world?" Benjamin Franklin

"Who hath not heard the rich complain Of surfeits, and corporeal pain? He barr'd from every use of wealth, Envies the ploughman's strength and health." John Gay


"The ideal social state is not that in which each gets an equal amount of wealth, but in which each gets in proportion to his contribution to the general stock." Henry George

 
"If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars." Henry George

 
"And to hie him home, at evening's close, To sweet repast, and calm repose. . . . . From toil we wins his spirits light, From busy day the peaceful night; Rich, from the very want of wealth, In heaven's best treasures, peace and health." Thomas Gray

"Dame Nature gave him comeliness and health, And Fortune (for a passport) gave him wealth." Walter Harte