Classic Moments Daily

Receive wealth or prosperity without arrogance

Think not of what thou hast not

Everyone would rather be courted by his children as a man of means

Wealth keeps company with worthless men as well, and it tends to swell a man's thoughts

Our forefathers did not regard a charge over public affairs as a chance for private gain

Contributions to the Treasury and provision of choruses may be satisfactory evidence of wealth; but they are anything but evidence of innocence

Those with wealth restrain your swelling soul

Not even those who possess the greatest fortunes are willing to rest satisfied with them but are always grasping

Those ambitious for eminence and glory who rob to enrich their friends have no morals

If honor is not mutual the poorer man will be seen as pursuing wealth

Prefer honest poverty to unjust wealth

Retire esteemed

Those who empower rich men