Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you

To be prosperous is not to be superior, and should form no barrier between men. Wealth out not to secure the prosperous the slightest consideration. The only distinctions which should be recognized are those of the soul, of strong principle, of incorruptible integrity, of usefulness, of cultivated intellect, of fidelity in seeking the truth

If a rich man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it

If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of potential -- for the eye which, ever young and ardent, sees the possible. Pleasure disappoints; possibility never

Wealth is conspicuous, but poverty hides

One person’s concept of wealth, is another’s understanding of poverty

Painless poverty is better than embittered wealth

Poor in my youth, and in life's later scenes - Rich to no end, I curse my natal hour, Who naught enjoyed while young, denied the means; And naught when old enjoyed, denied the power

Wealth is an inborn attitude of mind, like poverty. The pauper who has made his pile may flaunt his spoils, but cannot wear them plausibly

The greatest wealth is a poverty of desires