Antiquity Quote by Daniel Defoe

The plodding thrift and scrupulous integrity and long-winded patient industry of our business men of the last century are out of fashion in these…

— Fanny Kemble

“It is hard luck on a young fellow to have expensive tastes, great expectations, aristocratic connections but no actual money in his pocket, and…

— Arthur Conan Doyle

Riches, though they may reward virtues, yet they cannot cause them; he is much more noble who deserves a benefit than he who bestows…

— Owen Feltham

Riches, in the hands of a man that is wise and generous, are good for something, but in the hands of a sordid, sneaking,…

— Matthew Henry

“for what justice is there in this: that a nobleman, a goldsmith, a banker, or any other man, that either does nothing at all,…

— Thomas More

“As I was to learn, patience and latitude and even humility are, paradoxically, the handmaidens of wealth, because virtue is costly only for those…

— James Lee Burke

If, in looking at the lives of princes, courtiers, men of rank and fashion, we must perforce depict them as idle, profligate, and criminal,…

— William Makepeace Thackeray

“Many come to seek fortunes who only find trouble and sorrow, and then they throw the blame on chance, and forget the true cause…

— Jules Verne

The passion of acquiring riches in order to support a vain expense corrupts the purest souls.

— Francois Fenelon

“Seek ye not riches, seek but the society of good men.”

— Nikolai Gogol

Whosoever shall look heedfully upon those who are eminent for their riches will not think their condition such as that he should hazard his…

— Samuel Johnson

“The pursuit of wealth generally diverts men of great talents and of great passions from the pursuit of power, and it very frequently happens…

— Alexis de Tocqueville