If you tempted a poor man with a fortune, who could blame the fellow for taking what he could?
The Secret MandarinI sincerely pity the poor man you marry. I doubt he’ll have a moment’s peace.
A Sense of the RidiculousMan must be happy, as happy as a poor child cheerfully playing with his poor toy!
Mehmet Murat ildanA miser grows rich by seeming poor; an extravagant man grows poor by seeming rich.
William ShenstoneNo man is poor in real terms, because every man owns a great treasure: Existence!
Mehmet Murat ildanIt is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca