Character Quote by Solon

Just as riches are an impediment to virtue in the wicked, so in the good they are an aid of virtue.

— Ambrose

Don't envy those who make their wealth in an ungodly way. The wicked seem to prosper now and live without care but they will…

— T. B. Joshua

For often evil men are rich, and good men poor; But we will not exchange with them Our virtue for their wealth since one…

— Solon

Those that have wealth must be watchful and wary, Power, alas! naught but misery brings!

— Thomas Haynes Bayly

Prosperity tries the fortunate, adversity the great.

— Rose Kennedy

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

— Dick Gregory

“wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state”

— socrates

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

— Plutarch

Riches are a cause of evil, not because, of themselves, they do any evil, but because they goad men on to evil.

— Posidonius

Riches naturally beget pride, love of the world, and every temper that is destructive of Christianity.

— John Wesley

The poor long for riches, the rich long for heaven, but the wise long for a state of tranquility.

— Rama Swami

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