"And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God." Bible

 
"Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven." Bible

 
"If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it." Socrates

 
"He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature." Socrates

 
"He does not possess wealth that allows it to possess him." Benjamin Franklin

 
"The use of money is all the advantage there is in having money." Benjamin Franklin

 
"The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application." Miguel De Cervantes

 
"We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty." Winston Churchill

 
"This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor." John Fitzgerald Kennedy

 
"There's nothing so comfortable as a small bankroll. A big one is always in danger." Wilson Mizner

 
"Riches are a good handmaiden, but the worst mistress." Francis Bacon

 
"A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone." Henry David Thoreau

"Some people lose their health getting wealth and then lose their wealth gaining health." Anynomous

 
"Worldly riches are like nuts; many a tooth is broken in cracking them, but never is the stomach filled with eating them." R. Venning