“Property is the fruit of labor - property is desirable - it is a positive good in the world. That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and hence is just encouragement to industry and enterprise”
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“Property is the fruit of labor - property is desirable - it is a positive good in the world. That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and hence is just encouragement to industry and enterprise”
“Fear of death increases in exact proportion to increase in wealth”
“There is no one so rich that they don't need help or so poor that they cannot help”
“Where riches hold the dominion of the heart, God has lost his authority”
“Charity gives itself rich, covetousness hoards itself poor”
“I would as soon leave to my son a curse as the almighty Dollar”
“The virtue of the candle lies not in the wax, but in its light”
“Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise”
“Health is better than wealth”
“Love is the only gold. ”
“It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness ”
“I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world”
“In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich”
“A man's true state of power and riches is to be in himself”
“Youth is the best time to be rich, and the best time to be poor ”
“For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver”
“He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature”
“Money's a horrid thing to follow, but a charming thing to meet”
“He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything ”
“The first wealth is health”