Rich Quotes

Save your wealth against future calamity. Do not say, "what fear has a rich man of calamity?" Wealth sometimes vanishes away and large accumulations perish.

The learned are envied by the foolish; rich men by the poor; chaste women by adulteresses; and beautiful ladies by ugly ones.

One destitute of wealth is not destitute, he is indeed rich, but the man devoid of learning is destitute in every way.

The rich cannot accumulate wealth without the co-operation of the poor in society.

Americans are like a rich father who wishes he knew how to give his son the hardships that made him rich.

While we do not propose any war upon capital, we do wish to allow the humblest man an equal chance to get rich with everybody else.

We will make electricity so cheap that only the rich will burn candles.

Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind.

No legacy is so rich as honesty.

Well, Steve [Jobs]... I think it's more like we both had this rich neighbour named Xerox and I broke into his house to steal the TV set and found out that you had already stolen it.

In order to deal with all the medical cost demands and other challenges in the U.S., as we look to raise that revenue, the rich will have to pay slightly more. That's quite clear.