Many speak the truth when they say that they despise riches, but they mean the riches possessed by others.
I'm a little lavish I must admit. But I'm not really concerned with money. Being rich is not my goal, being wealthy is.
I choose the likely man in preference to the rich man; I want a man without money rather than money without a man.
The rich man's dog gets more in the way of vaccination, medicine and medical care than do the workers upon whom the rich man's wealth is built.
The poor wish to be rich, the rich wish to be happy, the single wish to be married, and the married wish to be dead.
There is no point in poverty if it does not make a rich man, observing it, feel better.
A miser grows rich by seeming poor; an extravagant man grows poor by seeming rich.
A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty.
It [being very rich] used to worry me, and I thought it wrong to have so many beautiful things when others had nothing. Now I realize that it is possible for the rich to sin by coveting the privileges of the poor. The poor have always been the favour...
I have come to realize that truly rich people are rich not because they are frugal or they chose to be frugal, but because they are so grateful, contented and full of self-worth that they don't have to prove anything to anyone with material possessio...
Danilov: I've been such a fool, Vassili. Man will always be a man. There is no new man. We tried so hard to create a society that was equal, where there'd be nothing to envy your neighbour. But there's always something to envy. A smile, a friendship,...
If you get rich, be in a dark corner when you jump for joy.
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches. Proverbs 22:1
When a Bulgar gets rich he builds himself another house.
He who eats and drinks with the rich leaves the table hungry.
If work were good for you, the rich would leave none for the poor.
There is nothing better than a rich wife and a generous mother-in-law.
Readers don’t work for writers. They work for themselves.
All of the religions are looking after the poor. At least leave me alone to look after the rich. I am the rich man's guru.
Celebrity doesn't have anything to do with art or craft. It's about being rich and thinking that you're better than everybody else.
People keep looking for the perfect one, but perfection is an attribute of God alone.
