Wealth and Poverty

Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship.

Benjamin Franklin, in Wealth and Poverty

The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich, as well as the poor, to sleep under the bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.

Anatole France, in Wealth and Poverty

Money is like an arm or leg: use it or lose it.

Henry Ford, in Wealth and Poverty

No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.

William Cowper, in Law and Politics and Wealth and Poverty

It is odd, is it not, that a person's worth to society is measured by their wealth, when instead their wealth should be measured by their worth to society.

A. Cygni, in Law and Politics and Wealth and Poverty

Treasure your relationships, not your possessions.

Anthony J. D'Angelo, The College Blue Book, in Love and Hate and Wealth and Poverty

One of the strangest things about life is that the poor, who need money the most, are the very ones that never have it.

Finley Peter Dunne, in Wealth and Poverty

I'd rather be rich than stupid.

Unknown, in Success and Failure and Wealth and Poverty

All I ask is a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.

Spike Milligan, in Wealth and Poverty

Change is good, but dollars are better.

Unknown, in Wealth and Poverty

Always borrow money from a pessimist; he doesn't expect to be paid back.

Unknown, in Wealth and Poverty

A banker will lend you money only if you can prove you don't need it.

Unknown, in Wealth and Poverty

A budget is just a method of worrying before you spend money, as well as afterward.

Unknown, in Wealth and Poverty

All this wheeling and dealing around, why, it isn't for money, it's for fun. Money's just the way we keep score.

Unknown, in Wealth and Poverty

Nothing is more admirable than the fortitude with which millionaires tolerate the disadvantages of their wealth.

Nero Wolfe, in Wealth and Poverty

Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities.

Frank Lloyd Wright, in Wealth and Poverty

You can't have everything. Where would you put it?

Stephen Wright, in Wealth and Poverty

There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, the other is getting it.

Oscar Wilde, in Wealth and Poverty

I'm opposed to millionaires, but it would be dangerous to offer me the position.

Mark Twain, in Wealth and Poverty

While money can't buy happiness, it certainly lets you choose your own form of misery.

Unknown, in Wealth and Poverty