value of wealth Quotes

The love of money is the source of an enormous amount of good; the fact that the good is a by-product of the selfish pursuit of riches has nothing to do with its indisputable value.

Wealth per se I never too much valued, and my acquaintance with its possessors has by no means increased my veneration for it.

The most brilliant fortunes are often not worth the littleness required to gain them.

You know, money will never save anyone. Compassion can save someone, love can save someone, money will never save anyone. And as long as the entire society will put money first... Money should be like third or fourth or fifth, I'm not saying lets get rid of money, but how can we put money as number one? As the only value, like if you are rich, you're famous you go VIP, why? It's just insane, the way we've transformed the society.

Wealth is nothing in itself; it is not useful but when it departs from us.

The philosophy which affects to teach us a contempt of money does not run very deep; for, indeed, it ought to be still more clear to the philosopher than it is to ordinary men, that there are few things in the world of greater importance.

To gold and silver nature hath given no use that we may not well lack.