There is nothing which continues longer than a moderate fortune; nothing of which one sees sooner the end than a large fortune.
In capitalist enterprise there is no secure income and no security of wealth.
No matter how much money you have, you can lose it.
That's why I be so careful with my money and always try to invest. I see people who have it all and then lose it.
We can be poor in spirit, and I don't even consider myself wealthy, which is an interesting thing, it can be here today and gone tomorrow.
The bottom-line message of history is that if you're doubling and tripling your money in record time, you're also more likely to lose it all.
Physical wealth has not necessarily been very secure.
Fortunes made in no time are like shirts made in no time; it's ten to one if they hang long together.