Desire Quote by Benjamin Franklin

Seek not proud riches, but such as thou mayest get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contentedly.

— Francis Bacon

Few things are necessary to make the wise man happy while no amount of material wealth would satisfy a fool. I am not a…

— Og Mandino

A wise man will live as much within his wit as within his income.

— Anonymous

“For the wise man does not consider himself unworthy of any gifts from Fortune’s hands: he does not love wealth but he would rather…

— Seneca

If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.

— Epicurus

A man must become wise at his own expense.

— Michel de Montaigne

The fool is willing to pay for anything but wisdom. No man buys that of which he supposes himself to have an abundance already.

— William Gilmore Simms

If you are wise, be wise; keep what goods the gods provide you.

— Plautus

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

— Francis Bacon

A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.

— George Herbert

The important question is not, what will yield to man a few scattered pleasures, but what will render his life happy on the whole…

— Joseph Addison

The wise man realistically accepts as part of life and builds a philosophy to meet them and make the most of them. He lives…

— Bill Vaughan