"For wealth, without contentment, climbs a hill, To feel those tempests which fly over ditches." George Herbert

 
"It cannot be repeated too often that the safety of great wealth with us lies in obedience to the new version of the Old World axiom--Richesse oblige." Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

 
"Base wealth preferring to eternal praise." Homer ("Smyrns of Chios")

 
"These riches are possess'd, but not enjoy'd!" Homer ("Smyrns of Chios")

"Know from the bounteous heavens all riches flow; And what man gives, the gods by man bestow." Homer ("Smyrns of Chios")

 
"Riches either serve or govern the possessor." Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus)

 
"For everything divine and human, virtue, fame, and honor, now obey the alluring influence of riches. " Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus)

 
"Noble descent and worth, unless united with wealth, are esteemed no more than seaweed" Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus)

"And you prate of the wealth of nations, as if it were bought and sold, The wealth of nations is men, not silk and cotton and gold." Richard Hovey

 
"We are not here to sell a parcel of boilers and vats, but the potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice." Samuel Johnson

 
"Poor worms, they hiss at me, whilst I at home Can be contented to applaud myself, . . . with joy To see how plump my bags are and my barns." Ben Jonson

 
"Private credit is wealth; public honor is security; the feather that adorns the royal bird supports its flight; strip him of his plumage, and you fix him to the earth." Junius

"You often ask me, Priscus, what sort of person I should be, if I were to become suddenly rich and powerful. Who can determine what would be his future conduct? Tell me, if you were to become a lion, what sort of a lion would you be?" Marcus Valerius Martial

 
"A little house well fill'd, a little land well till'd, and a little wife well will'd, are great riches." Anynomous

 
"There are, while human miseries abound, A thousand ways to waste superfluous wealth, Without one fool or flatterer at your board, Without one hour of sickness or disgust." John Armstrong