Francis Quarles Quotes

He is not poor that hath not much, but he that craves much.

If thou covetest riches, ask not but for contentment, which is an immense treasure.

He is the least in want who is the least covetous.

Poor is the man who desires a lot

He is not poore that hath little, but he that desireth much.

If you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires.

He is rich enough who does not want bread.

To be content with little is hard; to be content with much, impossible.

The true way to gain much, is never to desire to gain too much.

If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.

Can people who hunger so desperately for what other people have ever have enough?

No man is poor who does not think himself so. But if in a full fortune with impatience he desires more, he proclaims his wants and his beggarly condition.

It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.

There are two ways to be rich - one in the abundance of your possessions and the other in the fewness of your wants.

I have no use for eight houses, 88 cars and 500 suits. I can't eat but one steak at a time. I don't want but one woman. It's silly to have as one's sole object in life just making money, accumulating wealth.

The poor man wants many things; the covetous man, all.

The wise man lacked nothing but needed a great number of things, whereas the fool, on the other hand, needs nothing (for he does not know how to use anything) but lacks everything.

Hee is rich enough that wants nothing.

Not he who has little, but he whose wishes more, is poor.

I have the greatest of all riches: that of not desiring them.

Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.

Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.

I'm not overly greedy.

The hardest thing is to take less when you can get more.

Our nature hardly allows us to have enough of anything without having too much.