Covetousness Quote by William Penn

Many men are contemptuous of riches; few can give them away.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

There is nothing wrong with men possessing riches. The wrong comes when riches possess men.

— Billy Graham

Covetous men need money least, yet they most affect it; but prodigals, who need it most have the least regard for it.

— Alexander Wilson

Rich men are neither better nor worse than all other humans. They contribute to greatness or mediocrity, strength of character or weakness in exactly…

— Julius Rosenwald

Riches ennoble a man's circumstances, but not himself.

— Immanuel Kant

Men leave their riches either to their kindred or their friends, and moderate portions prosper best in both.

— Francis Bacon

Wealth and rank are what men desire, but unless they be obtained in the right way they may not be possessed. Poverty and obscurity…

— Confucius

Great riches have sold more men than they have bought.

— Francis Bacon

Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.

— Herodotus

Adversity makes men wise but not rich.

— John Ray

There is a sort of economy in Providence that one shall excel where another is defective, in order to make men more useful to…

— Joseph Addison

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