Money, make money; by honest means if you can; if not, by any means make money. [Lat., Rem facias rem, Recte si possis, si non, quocumque modo rem.]
Honesty is incompatible with amassing a large fortune.
wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state
Happiness is prosperity combined with virtue.
Success is not rightly measured by the worldly standards of wealth, prestige and power. None of these bestow happiness unless they are rightly used. To use them rightly one must possess wisdom and love for God and man.
To be great in our times too often means to have great prosperity and no moral magnanimity at all.
If I can acquire money and also keep myself modest and faithful and magnanimous, point out the way, and I will acquire it.
You grow your way to prosperity; you don't cut your way to it.
