When a country is well governed, poverty and a mean condition are things to be ashamed of. When a country is ill governed, riches and honor are things to be ashamed of.
Confucius
Machiavel says virtue and riches seldom settle on one man.
Robert Burton
The human soul is God's treasury, out of which he coins unspeakable riches.
Henry Ward Beecher
Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call her own.
Samuel Johnson
Christ's riches are unsearchable, and this doctrine of the gospel is the field this treasure is hidden in.
Thomas Goodwin
Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.
Oscar Wilde
The world has enough for everybody, but some minorities, the descendants of the same people that crucified Christ, and of those that expelled Bolvar from here and in their own way crucified him . . . have taken control of the riches of the world.
Hugo Chavez
Much of Europes wealth comes from the mineral riches of the new world, which fed the coffers of the monarchies of Europe.
Hugo Chavez
The passion of acquiring riches in order to support a vain expense, corrupts the purest souls.
Francis De S.Fenelon
Riches are a good handmaid, but the worst mistress.
Francis Bacon
Human prosperity never rests but always craves more, till blown up with pride it totters and falls. From the opulent mansions pointed at by all passers-by none warns it away, none cries, 'Let no more riches enter!
Aeschylus
Of all the riches that we hug, of all the pleasures we enjoy, we can carry no more out of this world than out of a dream.
John S. Bonnell
To be satisfied with a little, is the greatest wisdom; and he that increaseth his riches, increaseth his cares; but a contented mind is a hidden treasure, and trouble findeth it not.
Akhenaton
A kind man who makes good use of wealth is rightly said to possess a great treasure; but the miser who hoards up his riches will have no profit.
Buddha