Common Quote by Marcus Aurelius

The reason why we see that people of the greatest capacity are not rich, is either they despise wealth in comparison to something else,…

— Eustace Budgell

The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around…

— Anonymous

Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.

— Epictetus

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

If a man is to lose his fortune, it is a good thing if he were poor before he acquired it, for poverty requires…

— Geraldine Brooks

Wherever there is great property there is great inequality. For one very rich man there must be at least five hundred poor, and the…

— Adam Smith

Property is not the sacred right. When a rich man becomes poor it is a misfortune, it is not a moral evil. When a…

— Lord Acton

But avarice and ambition in the rich, in the poor the hatred of labour and the love of present ease and enjoyment, are the…

— Adam Smith

Prima facie, every estate, whether given by will or otherwise, is supposed to be beneficial to the party to whom it is so given.

— Tony Abbott

To acquire wealth is difficult, to preserve it is more difficult, but to spend it wisely, most difficult of all.

— J. Edward Day

If fortune makes a wicked man prosperous and a good man poor, there is no need to wonder. For the wicked regard wealth as…

— Sallust

Wealth and riches, that is, an estate above what sufficeth our real occasions and necessities, is in no other sense a 'blessing' than as…

— John Tillotson