Fame and riches are fleeting. Stupidity is eternal

If it were (Is it not) outrageous that society should treat with such rigid precision those of its members who were most poorly endowed in the distribution or wealth that chance had made, and who were, therefore, most worthy of indulgence

The man who dies rich dies disgraced

I answer the heroic question "Death, where is they sting?" with "It is here in my heart and mind and memories

The fact remains that the overwhelming majority of people who have become wealthy have become so thanks to work they found profoundly absorbing. The long term study of people who eventually became wealthy clearly reveals that their "luck" arose from

Naked a man comes from his mother’s womb, and as he comes, so he departs. He takes nothing from his labor that he can carry in his hand

The advantage of a classical education is that it enables you to despise the wealth which it prevents you from achieving

May your charity increase as much as your wealth

In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of

Having more money than sense is better than having no money and no sense