It doesn't matter how much money you've got, or how many connections, there's always something you want that's out of reach.
The rich can buy everything but health, virtue, friendship, wit, good looks, love, pride, intelligence, grace, and, if you need it, happiness.
It is only when the rich are sick that they fully feel the impotence of wealth.
Much learning shows how little mortals know; much wealth, how little wordings enjoy.
Wealth cannot purchase any great private solace or convenience. Riches are only the means of sociality.
Unfortunately but absolutely fair to all, the one thing money can't buy is health - and happiness.
There are some things that money can't buy: peace of mind, for starters, and lean muscle mass. Neither the Queen of England nor the founder of Microsoft can put in an order for either one.
Money cannot buy peace of mind. It cannot heal ruptured relationships, or build meaning into a life that has none.
Life has an interesting way of teaching even the most powerful people that joy from wealth is fleeting at best.
There are some things that you can fulfil with money, but at the end of the day these are not the things that make you happy. It is the small things that make life good.
Men will tell you sometimes that "money's hard." That shows it was not made to eat, I say.... Some of those who sank with the steamer the other day found out that money was heavy too.
Money, in truth, can do much, but it cannot do all. We must know the province of it, and confine it there, and even spurn it back when it wishes to get farther.
Even those with unspendable fortunes only have one mind, one mouth, two ears, two eyes and one pleasure station. There's only so much fun you can take.
Money is all right but once you have it you learn it's not the be all and end all.
