Envy Quote by Epicurus

Riches do not delight us so much with their possession, as torment us with their loss.

— Dick Gregory

The use of riches is better than their possession.

— Fernando de Rojas

Riches for the most part are hurtful to them that possess them.

— Plutarch

Riches are always over estimated; the enjoyment they give is more in the pursuit than the possession.

— Sarah Josepha Hale

Riches are oftener an impediment than a stimulus to action; and in many cases they are quite as much a misfortune as a blessing.

— Samuel Smiles

Riches are gotten with pain, kept with care, and lost with grief. The cares of riches lie heavier upon a good man than the…

— Roger L'Estrange

...when we abandon visible riches... it is strange goods and not our own that we are leaving. And this is so even if we…

— John Cassian

Riches are gotten with pain, kept with care, and lost with grief

— Proverb

Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Believe not much them that seem to despise riches, for they despise them that despair of them.

— Francis Bacon

Many speak the truth when they say that they despise riches, but they mean the riches possessed by others.

— Charles Caleb Colton

Riches are intended for the comfort of life, and not life for the purpose of hoarding riches.

— Saadi