--- title: "30 Rich Quotes By Samuel Johnson" description: "30 Rich quotes by Samuel Johnson. Plus more from Samuel Johnson and more Rich sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/113/samuel-johnson-50_frugality_without-frugality-none-can-be-rich-and-w_1996430.png" --- > [Without frugality none can be rich, and with it very few would be poor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/without-frugality-none-can-be-rich-and-with-it-very-few-would-be-poor/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/113/samuel-johnson-50_frugality_without-frugality-none-can-be-rich-and-w_1996430.png) > [Riches exclude only one inconvenience,--that is, poverty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/riches-exclude-only-one-inconvenience-that-is-poverty/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eea/samuel-johnson-50_inconvenience_riches-exclude-only-one-inconvenience-th_2969298.png) > [Let me smile with the wise, and feed with the rich.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/let-me-smile-with-the-wise-and-feed-with-the-rich/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/029/samuel-johnson-50_money_let-me-smile-with-the-wise-and-feed-with_546645.png) > [Riches seldom make their owners rich.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/riches-seldom-make-their-owners-rich/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d82/samuel-johnson-50_owners_riches-seldom-make-their-owners-rich-115_1153987.png) > [It is better to live rich than to die rich.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/it-is-better-to-live-rich-than-to-die-rich/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09f/samuel-johnson-50_better_it-is-better-to-live-rich-than-to-die-ri_2342877.png) > [The people is a very heterogeneous and confused mass of the wealthy and the poor, the wise and the foolish, the good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-people-is-a-very-heterogeneous-and-confused-mass-of-the-wealthy/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db6/samuel-johnson-50_people_the-people-is-a-very-heterogeneous-and-c_1280925.png) > [The wise man applauds he who he thinks most virtuous; the rest of the world applauds the wealthy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-wise-man-applauds-he-who-he-thinks-most-virtuous-the-rest-of-the/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7d/samuel-johnson-50_men_the-wise-man-applauds-he-who-he-thinks-m_1881289.png) > [We are not here to sell a parcel of boilers and vats, but the potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/we-are-not-here-to-sell-a-parcel-of-boilers-and-vats-but-the/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3a/samuel-johnson-50_avarice_we-are-not-here-to-sell-a-parcel-of-boil_2774041.png) > [One cause, which is not always observed, of the insufficiency of riches, is that they very seldom make their owner rich.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/one-cause-which-is-not-always-observed-of-the-insufficiency-of-riches/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a3/samuel-johnson-50_causes_one-cause-which-is-not-always-observed-o_605889.png) > [Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/every-man-is-rich-or-poor-according-to-the-proportion-between-his-2/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a6/samuel-johnson-50_desire_every-man-is-rich-or-poor-according-to-t_3035932.png) > [To a people warlike and indigent, an incursion into a rich country is never hurtful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/to-a-people-warlike-and-indigent-an-incursion-into-a-rich-country-is/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d12/samuel-johnson-50_country_to-a-people-warlike-and-indigent-an-incu_2980643.png) > [Wit will never make a man rich, but there are places where riches will always make a wit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/wit-will-never-make-a-man-rich-but-there-are-places-where-riches-will/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88e/samuel-johnson-50_men_wit-will-never-make-a-man-rich-but-there_2972865.png) > [No, Sir, you will have much more influence by giving or lending money where it is wanted, than by hospitality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/no-sir-you-will-have-much-more-influence-by-giving-or-lending-money/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90a/samuel-johnson-50_borrowing_no-sir-you-will-have-much-more-influence_1781621.png) > [Poverty is often concealed in splendor, and often in extravagance. It is the task of many people to conceal their neediness from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/poverty-is-often-concealed-in-splendor-and-often-in-extravagance-it/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15a/samuel-johnson-50_everyday_poverty-is-often-concealed-in-splendor-a_84197.png) > [Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly destroys liberty,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/resolve-not-to-be-poor-whatever-you-have-spend-less-poverty-is-a/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2c/samuel-johnson-50_character_resolve-not-to-be-poor-whatever-you-have_11707.png) > [Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/between-falsehood-and-useless-truth-there-is-little-difference-as/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c82/samuel-johnson-50_falsehood_between-falsehood-and-useless-truth-ther_1772660.png) > [Whatever advantage we snatch beyond a certain portion allotted us by at nature, is like money spent before it is due, which,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/whatever-advantage-we-snatch-beyond-a-certain-portion-allotted-us-by/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/956/samuel-johnson-50_advantage_whatever-advantage-we-snatch-beyond-a-ce_1689743.jpg) > [It is wonderful to think how men of very large estates not only spend their yearly income, but are often actually in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/it-is-wonderful-to-think-how-men-of-very-large-estates-not-only-spend/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f50/samuel-johnson-50_clear_it-is-wonderful-to-think-how-men-of-very_1397740.jpg) > [The commodiousness of money is indeed great; but there are some advantages which money cannot buy, and which therefore no wise man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-commodiousness-of-money-is-indeed-great-but-there-are-some/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52a/samuel-johnson-50_advantage_the-commodiousness-of-money-is-indeed-gr_2077923.png) > [All to whom want is terrible, upon whatever principle, ought to think themselves obliged to learn the sage maxims of our parsimonious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/all-to-whom-want-is-terrible-upon-whatever-principle-ought-to-think/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/229/samuel-johnson-50_ancestor_all-to-whom-want-is-terrible-upon-whatev_1408616.png) > [I know not why any one but a school boy in his declamation would whine over the Commonwealth of Rome, which grew…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/i-know-not-why-any-one-but-a-school-boy-in-his-declamation-would/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddf/samuel-johnson-50_boys_i-know-not-why-any-one-but-a-school-boy_1311178.png) > [Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments; any enlargement of wishes is therefore…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/every-man-is-rich-or-poor-according-to-the-proportion-between-his/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b93/samuel-johnson-50_consumerism_every-man-is-rich-or-poor-according-to-t_740778.png) > [The hostility perpetually exercised between one man and another, is caused by the desire of many for that which only few can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-hostility-perpetually-exercised-between-one-man-and-another-is/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d89/samuel-johnson-50_conditions_the-hostility-perpetually-exercised-betw_274323.png) > [These are the men who, without virtue, labour, or hazard, are growing rich, as their country is impoverished; they rejoice, when obstinacy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/these-are-the-men-who-without-virtue-labour-or-hazard-are-growing/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e92/samuel-johnson-50_add_these-are-the-men-who-without-virtue-lab_20619.png) > [We are unreasonably desirous to separate the goods of life from those evils which Providence has connected with them, and to catch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/we-are-unreasonably-desirous-to-separate-the-goods-of-life-from-those/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cc/samuel-johnson-50_acquisition_we-are-unreasonably-desirous-to-separate_2213056.jpg) > [Where no man thinks himself under any obligation to submit to another, and, instead of co-operating in one great scheme, every one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/where-no-man-thinks-himself-under-any-obligation-to-submit-to-another/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2f/samuel-johnson-50_become-rich_where-no-man-thinks-himself-under-any-ob_2617519.jpg) > [Sir, he throws away his money without thought and without merit. I do not call a tree generous that sheds its fruit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/sir-he-throws-away-his-money-without-thought-and-without-merit-i-do/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8f/samuel-johnson-50_breeze_sir-he-throws-away-his-money-without-tho_967108.png) > [He who would bring home the wealth of the Indies must carry the wealth of the Indies with him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/he-who-would-bring-home-the-wealth-of-the-indies-must-carry-the/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/298/samuel-johnson-50_happiness_he-who-would-bring-home-the-wealth-of-th_772174.png) > [Wealth is nothing in itself; it is not useful but when it departs from us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/wealth-is-nothing-in-itself-it-is-not-useful-but-when-it-departs-from/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/082/samuel-johnson-50_money_wealth-is-nothing-in-itself-it-is-not-us_1564949.png) > [He that pines with hunger, is in little care how others shall be fed. The poor man is seldom studious to make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/he-that-pines-with-hunger-is-in-little-care-how-others-shall-be-fed/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/530/samuel-johnson-50_care_he-that-pines-with-hunger-is-in-little-c_319984.png) ## Other authors on Rich ## More by Samuel Johnson > [The size of a man's understanding might always be justly measured by his mirth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-size-of-a-man-s-understanding-might-always-be-justly-measured-by/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [Pound St. Paul's Church into atoms, and consider any single atom; it is to be sure, good for nothing; but put all these atoms…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/pound-st-paul-s-church-into-atoms-and-consider-any-single-atom-it-is/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [You can never be wise unless you love reading.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/you-can-never-be-wise-unless-you-love-reading/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [If our aim is to praise, we should forget to criticize; if our aim is to criticize, we should remember to praise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/if-our-aim-is-to-praise-we-should-forget-to-criticize-if-our-aim-is/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [All theory is against free will; all experience is for it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/all-theory-is-against-free-will-all-experience-is-for-it/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [Had I learned to fiddle, I should have done nothing else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/had-i-learned-to-fiddle-i-should-have-done-nothing-else/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [It is as foolish to make experiments upon the constancy of a friend, as upon the chastity of a wife.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/it-is-as-foolish-to-make-experiments-upon-the-constancy-of-a-friend/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly destroys liberty, and it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/resolve-not-to-be-poor-whatever-you-have-spend-less-poverty-is-a/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [The basis of all excellence is truth: he that professes love ought to feel its power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-basis-of-all-excellence-is-truth-he-that-professes-love-ought-to/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [Words are daughters of earth but ideas are sons of heaven.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/words-are-daughters-of-earth-but-ideas-are-sons-of-heaven/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [“The composition of Shakespeare is a forest, in which oaks extend in the air, interspersed sometimes with weeds and brambles, and sometimes giving shelting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-composition-of-shakespeare-is-a-forest-in-which-oaks-extend-in/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [“The cherubim were never intended as an object of worship, because they were only the appendices to another thing. But a thing is then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-cherubim-were-never-intended-as-an-object-of-worship-because-they/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [Nobody has the right to put another under such a difficulty that he must either hurt the person by telling the truth or hurt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/nobody-has-the-right-to-put-another-under-such-a-difficulty-that-he/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [That kind of life is most happy which affords us most opportunities of gaining our own self-esteem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/that-kind-of-life-is-most-happy-which-affords-us-most-opportunities/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [The time will come to every human being when it must be known how well he can bear to die.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-time-will-come-to-every-human-being-when-it-must-be-known-how/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rich/samuel-johnson/#itemlist", "name": "30 Rich Quotes By Samuel Johnson", "numberOfItems": 30, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Without frugality none can be rich, and with it very few would be poor.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Samuel Johnson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/without-frugality-none-can-be-rich-and-with-it-very-few-would-be-poor/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/113/samuel-johnson-50_frugality_without-frugality-none-can-be-rich-and-w_1996430.png", "contentUrl": 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