Wealth Archives

There is always more misery among the lower classes than there is humanity in the higher. -- Victor Hugo By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich. -- Democritus Thrift: making the wisest use of all that we have--time, money, our possessions, our health, and our society's natural resources--to promote both our own flourishing and the social good. -- Benjamin Franklin If you knew what I know about the power of giving, you would not let a single meal pass without sharing it in some way. -- Buddha The safest way to double your money is to fold it over and put it in your pocket. -- Kin Hubbard The rich are the scum of the earth in every country. -- G. K. Chesterton An unhurried sense of time is in itself a form of wealth. --Bonnie Friedman If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to. -- Dorothy Parker When prosperity comes, do not use all of it. -- Confucius The safest way to double your money is to fold it over and put it in your pocket. -- Kin Hubbard Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful. -- William Morris Buy on the rumor; sell on the news. -- Wall Street Proverb Make money your god and it will plague you like the devil. -- Henry Fielding The pride of dying rich raises the loudest laugh in hell. -- John Foster We say that time is money, meaning both are valuable.... Usually, there is a reciprocal relationship between them; that is, abundance of money seems to go along with shortage of time, and abundance of time with shortage of money. Money is the wealth of the materialist, and works miracles in the realm of the physical. Time is the wealth of the pilgrim, and works miracles in all realms. -- Ed Bury The petty economies of the rich are just as amazing as the silly extravagances of the poor. -- William Feather One who knows that enough is enough will always have enough. -- Lao-tzu, Tao Te Ching One that would have the fruit must climb the tree. -- Thomas Fuller Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you. -- Andre Gide However rich or elevated we may be, a nameless something is always wanting to our imperfect fortune. -- Horace The wealthy man is the man who is much, not the one who has much. -- Karl Marx