A man is only as rich as the people around him
'Plutocracy.' It has a perfect nuance: chilly, inaccessible, icy-rich.
You don't come into cooking to get rich.
He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves.
The rich don't exploit the poor. They just out-compete them.
Riches are chiefly good because they give us time.
To get rich, you have to be making money while you're asleep.
I am more rich in goods than I am in money.
It doesn't matter whether you are rich or poor - as long as you've got money.
Governments are not representative. They have their own power, serving segments of the population that are dominant and rich.
The ultimate idea of rags-to-riches success in America is the Hollywood movie star.
If the nation is rich but people are poor, the country cannot be strong, and society will be unstable.
I was lucky that I met the right mentors and teachers at the right moment.
As rich as Cincinnati was in live music, New York was even more.
Many men are contemptuous of riches; few can give them away.
There is a volatile mix, and that's because we're all intense. And there's no denying that.
Who is blind? He who can see no other world. Who is dumb? He who can say nothing pleasant about his lot. Who is poor? He who is troubled with too many desires. Who is rich? He who is happy with his lot.
The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor.
One thing must be granted to the rich: they are goodnatured.
The closer men came to perfecting for themselves a paradise, the more impatient they became with it, and with themselves as well. They made a garden of pleasure, and became progressively more miserable with it as it grew in richness and power and bea...
