Notes: The following list was taken from the book, "Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages" classified by subject, arranged alphabetically, compiled by Robert Christy (New York: Putnam's Sons, 1887).
GOLD
1. A gold ring does not cure a felon.
2. A golden bit makes none the better horse.
Ital., Ger.
3. A golden dart kills where it pleases.
4. A golden gallows is still but a gallows. Ger,
5. A golden hammer breaks an iron gate.
6. A golden key opens every door save that of
heaven. Dan,
7. A golden shield is of great defence.
8. A great load of gold is more burthensome
than a light load of gravel.
9. A hare may draw a lion with a golden cord.
10. A man may buy even gold too dear.
11. All is not gold that glitters.
12. As the touchstone trieth gold, so gold trieth
men.
13. Before gold even kings take off their hats. Ger.
14. Better gain in mud than lose in gold.
Ital., Par.
15. Better whole than patched with gold. Dan.
16. Even gold may be bought too dear. Ger.
17. Even with gold one cannot buy everything.
Ger.
18. Gold and goods may be lost, a good name
endures forever. Ger.
19. Gold and silver do not make men better. Ger.
20. Gold begets in brethren hate,
Gold in families debate,
Gold does friendship separate.
Gold does civil wars create. Cawiey.
21. Gold goes in any gate except honor's.
22. Gold goes through all doors except heaven's
doors. Ger.
23. Gold goes to the Moor; a want without
conscience. For.
24. Gold glitters most when virtue shines no
more. Young.
25. Gold is a good doctor.
26. Gold is an unseen tyrant.
27. Gold is the balm to a wounded spirit.
28. Gold is proved with fire, friendship in need.
Dan.
29. Gold is the best mediator. Ger.
30. Gold is the devil's fishhook.
31. Gold is the right nail one must strike. Ger.
32. Gold is the snare of the soul. Ger.
33. Gold has deep in the mountain, dirt on the
highway. Ger.
34. Gold remains gold though it lay in the mud. Ger.
35. Gold rules the court, the camp, the grove,
And married men and men in love.
36. Gold rules the world.
37. Gold when present causeth fear, when absent
grief.
38. Golden dreams make men awake hungry.
39. Golden roofs break men's rest. Seneca.
40. He who expends gold properly is its master,
who lays it up its keeper, who loves it a fool, who
adores it an idolater ; the truly wise man is he who
despises it. Petrarch.
41. He who has gold has fear, who has none has
sorrow.
42. He who would make a golden door (or gate)
must add a nail to it daily. Fr., Dutch.
43. If the walls were adamant, gold would take
the town.
44. I will not have any gold, but I love to reign
over those who have. Old Roman.
45. It is not all gold that glitters.
46. Man must govern not serve gold. Ger.
47. That is gold which is worth gold. Fr,, Ital., Sp., For.
48. That is all well and good, but gold is better. Dan.
49. The purest gold is the most ductile.
50. The true art of making gold is to have a good
estate and spend little of it.
51. There is no better friend in misfortune than
gold. Ger.
52. There is no lock if the pick is of gold.
53. There is no lock one cannot open with a
golden key. Ger.
54. Try your skill in gilt first and then in gold.
55. When gold speaks every tongue is silent.
Ital., Ger.
56. When gold speaks you may hold your tongue.
57. When we have gold we are in fear, when we
have none we are in danger.
58. Where gold avails, argument fails.
59. Where gold chinks, arguments are of no
avail. Ger.
60. Where my gold there my heart.
61. Where there is gold, there the devil dwells. Ger.
62. Who has gold has ease. Ger.
63. Who has gold is a welcome guest.
64. You may speak with your gold and make
other tongues dumb.
MONEY
1. A man who is proud of his money has rarely
anything else to be proud of.
2. A man without money is like a bird without
wings; if he soars he falls to the ground and dies.
3. A man without money is a bow without an
Arrow.
4. A man without money is like a ship without
Sails. Dutch,
5. A moneyless man goes fast through the market.
6. A string of cash can but reach to one's heels;
the sum is not worth contending about. Chinese,
7 A thousand pounds and a bottle of hay,
Are just the same at doomsday.
8. All powerful money gives birth and beauty.
Horace,
9. As water runs toward the shore, so does
money toward the rich man's hand. Dan,
10. Bad money always comes back. Ger,
11. Between smith and smith no money passes.
Sp,, For,
12. But few prize honor more than money.
13. But help me to money and Til help myself to
friends.
14. Discover not your silent (hoarded) money to
anybody. Sp.
15. Do not lend your money to a great man. Fr,
16. Fair money can cover much that's foul.
17. Get money, get money still,
And then let virtue follow if she will. Pope.
18. Give me money, not advice. Por.
19. God makes and apparel shapes, but it is
money that finishes the man.
20. God send me some money, for they are little
thought of that want it. Scotch.
21. Godsend you more wit and me more money.
22. Good manners and plenty of money will make
my son a gentleman. Por.
23. Hate, religion, ambition, all have their hypocrisies, but money applies the thumb-screw to them all. Dr. Crowley.
24. He that has no money in his purse should
have fair words on his lips. Dan.
25. He that hath it and will not keep it,
He that wants it and will not seek it.
He that drinks and still is dry,
Shall want money as well as I.
26. He that hath no money in his pot, let him
have it in his mouth.
27. He that hoardeth up money taketh pains
for other men.
28. He that is known to have no money has
neither friends nor credit.
29. He that is without money might as well be
buried in a rice tub with his mouth sewed up. Chinese.
30. He that shows his money shows his judgment.
31. He that wants money is accounted among
those who want wit.
32. He who has both money and bread
May choose with whom his daughter to wed. Sp.
33. He who throws away money with his hands,
will seek it with his feet. Ital.
34. If a man's money be white no matter if his
face be black. Turk.
35. If money be not thy servant it will be thy
master.
36. If thou knowest how to use money, it will be-
come thy handmaid; if not it will become thy master.
37. If thou wouldst keep money, save money.
If thou wouldst reap money, save money.
39. If you had as little money as manners you'd
be the poorest of all your kin.
40. If you have money you are wise, if not you
are a fool. Turk.
41. If you have no money turn placeman, as the
court fool said to the prince. Ger.
42. If you make money your god, 'twiu plague
you like a devil. Fielding,
43. If you have money take a seat.
If you have none take to your feet. Ger,
44. It is a rare miracle for money to lack a master.
45. It is not the praise of the man but of the
money-chest to keep money from diminution.
Remark of Themistocles censuring Aristides.
46. Mention money and the world is silent. Ger.
47. Money amassed either serves or rules us.
48. Money answereth all things. Bible.
49 Money as well as need makes the old wife
trot.
50. Money begets money. Sp,
51. Money borrowed is soon sorrowed.
52. Money burns many. Fr.
53. Money can neither open up new avenues to
pleasure, nor block up the passages of anguish.
Rambler.
54. Money clothes the naked, feeds the hungry,
and buys a crutch for the cripple.
55. Money does all. Fr.
56. Money does not get hanged. Ger.
57. Money in purse will be always in fashion.
58. Money in purse dispels melancholy. Ger.
59. Money in whatever hands will confer power.
Dr. Johnson.
60. Money is a good servant but a bad master.
Fr.
61. Money is a good soldier and will on. Shaks.
62. Money is a source of trouble and woe.
63. Money is a sword that can cut ever in the Gordian knot.
64. Money is an universal language speaking any
tongue.
65. Money is an epitome of human power. Ital.
66. Money is both blood and life to men. Latin.
67. Money is first to be sought, virtue afterwards.
Latin.
68. Money is like manure : of very little use unless
it be spread. Bacon.
69. Money is lost only for the want of money.
70. Money is money *s brother. Ital.
71. Money is more eloquent than a dozen members of parliament. Dan.
72. Money is needed both by monk and dervish. Turk.
73. Money is not gained by losing time. Por.
74. Money is power. Dutch.
75. Money is round and rolls. Ital.
76. Money is that art that hath turned up trumps.
77. Money is the best bait to fish for man with.
78. Money is the fruit of evil as often as the root
of it. Fielding.
79. Money is the god of the world.
80. Money is the measure of all things. Par.
81. Money is the one thing needful.
82. Money is the only monarch.
83. Money is the only power that all mankind bow
down before. Butler.
84. Money is the root of all evil. New Testament.
85. Money is the sinew of love as well as of war.
86. Money is the sinew of war. Dutch.
87. Money is the sinew of business. Plutarch.
88. Money is the soul of business. Ger.
89. Money is the very blood and life of mortals.
90. Money is welcome though it come in a dirty
Clout.
91. Money is wise: it knows it's own way.
92. Money lent, an enemy made. For.
93. Money like manure does no good till it is
spread.
94. Money makes a man free.
95. Money makes dogs dance. Fr.
96. Money makes marriage.
97. Money makes not so many true friends as real
enemies.
98. Money makes the gentleman, the want of it
the blackguard.
99. Money makes the mare to go.
100. Money rules the world. Dutch.
101. Money saved is money got {or as good as
money gained). Dan,
102. Money soothes more than the words of a cavalier. Sp., For.
103. Money is the life-blood of the nation.
104. Money taken, freedom forsaken. Ger.
105. Money, the pick-lock that never fails.
Massinger,
106. Money thou need'st:
'Twill keep thee honest; want made thee a
knave.
107. Money turns bad into good. Sp.
108. Money we want and cannot borrow.
Yet drink we must to slacken sorrow.
109. Money which is gained by fraud, by fraud
must be lost. Turk.
110. Money will do more than my lord's letter.
111. Money will make money.
112. Money will make the pot boil though the
devil pour water on the fire.
113. Money wins the battle, not the long arm. Por,
114. Much money, many friends. Ger.
115. My money is little, my heart without strife.
Turk.
116. My money, your money, let us go to the tavern. Por.
117. One handful of money is stronger than two
handfuls of truth.
118. One never gets more than the money's worth
of anything. Pr,
119. Nothing stings us so bitterly as loss of money.
120. Procure empire by money, not money by empire. Philip, father of Alexander the Great,
121. Property purchased with borrowed money,
and money obtained by treachery shall soon pass away.
122. Public money is like holy water: everyone
helps himself to it. Ital.
123. Put not your trust in money but your money
in trust.
124. Rather a man without money, than money
without a man. Themistocles,
125. Ready money can put anything in stock.
Chinese.
126. Ready money brings a remedy. Fr.
127. Ready money is ready medicine.
128. Ready money will away.
129. Samson was a strong man, yet could not pay
money before he had it.
130. Tell money after your own father.
131. The abundance of money ruins youth.
132. The art is not in making money but in keeping it.
133. The chief end of man is not to get money.
134. The money paid, the work delayed.
Don Quixote,
135. The money paid, the workman's arm is broken.
Fr.
136. The money you refuse will never do you good.
137. The sign invites you but your money must
get you out.
138. The skilfulest without money is scorned.
139. The smell of money is good, come whence it
may. Juvenal.
140. The thirst for money brings all the sins into
the world. Ger.
141. The use of money is all the advantage there
is in having money. Franklin,
142. The want of money is the root of much evil.
London Truth.
143. There is abundance of money spent to be
laughed at.
144. There is more money got by ill means than by
good acts.
145. There is no lustre in money unless it derives
its lustre from moderate enjoyment.
146. Those who believe money can do everything
are frequently prepared to do everything for money.
147. Those who make money make little exertion,
those who make much exertion make no money. Chinese.
148. Though you have money do not spend it in
the twelfth night. Chinese.
149. Tis money that begets money.
150. To disregard money on suitable occasions is
often a great profit. Terence.
151. Touch not another man's money, for the most
honest never added to it. Fr.
152. Trust not your money to one whose eyes are
bent on the ground.
153. Want of love or want of money lies at the
bottom of all our griefs. Bea.
154. When honor grew mercenary, money grew
honorable.
155. When I had money in my purse, I had food
in my mouth. Dan.
156. When land and money's spent.
Then money is most excellent.
157. When money speaks, truth keeps silent.
Russian.
158. Where there is money there is no courage. Ger.
159. Where there's money there's the devil,
But where there's none a greater evil. Ger.
160. Where there's muck, there's money.
i6i. With Latin, a lioree, and money, thou wilt
pass through the work. Sp.
162. With money you would not know yourself
without money nobody would know you. Sp.
163. With us wretched mortals money is life.
Hesiod.
164. Without money all is in vain. Latin.
165. Without money, without fear. Ger.
166. Would you know the value of money go borrow some.
167. You will see more ruined than saved by
money ill gotten. Sophocles.
Poor.
1. A fallen rich man may make a good master,
but not an enriched poor man. Ital.
2. A lamb is as dear to a poor man as an ox to
the rich.
3. A north wind has no com and a poor man no
friend. Sp,
4. A poor man can gain nothing by contending
with the great.
5. A poor man has few acquaintances. Dan,
6. A poor man has no friends. Ashantees (Africa).
7. A poor man has not many marks for fortune
to shoot at.
8. A poor man is all schemes. Sp,
9. A poor man is hungry after eating. For,
10. A poor man's joy has much alloy. Van,
11. A poor man's shilling is but a penny.
12. A poor man wants something, a covetous
man all things.
13. A poor man's debt makes a great noise.
14. A ragged sack holds no grain, a poor roan is
not taken into counsel. Ital.
15. As long as there are some poorer than you,
praise God even if you are unshod. Gypsy.
16. Be considerate toward the poor.
17. For poor people, small coin.
18. Every poor man is counted a fool.
19. He is not poor that hath not much, but he
that craves much.
20. He is not poor who has a competency. Horace.
21. He is poor indeed who can promise nothing.
22. He is too poor to buy a rope to hang himself.
Ger.
23. He who devours the substance of the poor,
will find at length a bone to choke him. Fr.
24. If poor, act with caution.
25. Look on the poor with gentle eyes, for in
euch habits often angels desire alms. Massinger,
26. Much wisdom is lost in poor men's mouths.
Ger.
27. Much wisdom is smothered in a poor man's
head. Dutch.
28. Much wit is lost in a poor man's purse. Ger,
29. No one is poor but he who thinks himself so.
For.
30. No one so hard upon the poor as the pauper
who has got into power. Dan,
31. Not he who has little, but he who wishes for
more, is poor. Seneca.
32. Poor and content is rich and rich enough.
Shaks
33. Poor folks are glad of pottage.
34. Poor folks say "thank you" for a little.
35. Poor folk's wisdom goes for little.
36. Poor men do penance for rich men's sins.
37. Poor men have no souls. {So think the rich).
38. Poor men seek meat for their stomachs, rich
men stomach for their meat.
39. Poor men's money and cowards* weapons are
often flourished.
40. Poor men's tables are soon spread.
41. Poor men's words have little weight.
42. Poor people's words go many to the sackful.
Ger.
43. Poor, what he can; rich, what he will.
44. Poor without debt is better than a prince.
45. That man is not poor who has the use of
things necessary. Horace.
46. The dainties of the great are the tears of the
poor.
47. The devil wipes his tail with the poor man's
pride.
48. The impartial earth is open to the poor as
well as the sons of kings. Horace.
49. The pleasures of the mighty are the terrors of
the poor.
50. The poor advanced makes friends of enemies.
For who not needs, shall never lack a friend.
Shaks.
51. The poor ye always have with you.
New Testament.
52. The poor are rich when they are satisfied. Ger.
53. The poor do penance for die follies of their
superiors. Ital.
54. The poor can live in one house together when
two kings cannot in a kingdom. Ger,
55. The poor cannot,. the rich will not. Ger,
56. The poor live secure. Ger,
57. The poor must dance as the rich pipe.
58. The poor man's honor is worth more than the
rich man's gold. Ger,
59. The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the force of the crown. Pitt.
60. The poor man eats at double cost. Dan.
61. The poor man has his crop destroyed by hail
every year. Sp.
62. The poor is aye put to the worst. Scotch.
63. The poor pay for all.
64. The poor man's budget is full of schemes. Sp.
65. The poor man's coin always grows thin. Dan.
66. The poor man seeks for food, the rich man
for appetite. Dan.
67. The poor man's penny unjustly obtained is a
coal of fire in the rich man's purse.
68. The poor man's wisdom is as useless as a
palace in a wilderness. Gaelic.
69. The poor man turns his cake and another
comes and takes it away.
70. The poor man wants much, the miser everything.
71. The poor man must keep his word, and the
rich when it suits him. Ger.
72. The poor pour, and the rich drink, the wine.
Ger.
73. The poor rich man is emphatically poor.
74. The poor sing free throughout the world. Ger.
75. The poor sit in Paradise on the first benches,
Ger.
76. The poor trying to imitate the powerful perish. Phadrus.
77. The wise discourses of a poor man go for nothing.
78. There are many things that may not be
uttered by men in threadbare coats. Juvenal.
79. There is God's poor, and the devil's poor;
the first from Providence, the other from vice.
80. To contemn the poor because of his poverty
is to affront God's providence.
81. We give the rich, and take from the poor. Ger.
82. What the poor are to the poor none know
but themselves and God. Charles Dickens.
83. When poor, liberal; when rich, penurious. Sp,
84. When the poor become rich they sink the
village. Ger.
85. When you eat think of the poor.
86. Wherever a poor man is, there is his destiny.
M, Greek.
87. Who closes his ear to the poor, Peter will not
hear when he knocks. Ger.
88. Whoso stoppeth his ear at the cry of the poor,
shall cry himself and not be heard. Hebrew.
89. Withhold not the wages of the poor.
POOR-HOUSES
I. The poor-houses are filled with the honestest
people. sp.
PROSPERITY
1. All claim kindred with the prosperous. Latin.
2. He that considers in prosperity, will be less
afflicted in adversity.
3. In prosperity no altars smoke. Ital.
4. In prosperity think of adversity. Dutch.
5. In time of affliction a vow, in time of prosperity an inundation of wickedness.
6. It is no easy matter to bear prosperity decently.
7. Let the wretched hope and the prosperous be
on their guard. Latin,
8. Oh, how portentous is prosperity I
How, comet-like, it threatens while it shines! Young.
9. Prosperity and vanity are often lodged together.
10. Prosperity destroys fools and endangers the wise.
11. Prosperity discovers vices and adversity
virtues.
12. Prosperity engenders sloth. Livy.
13. Prosperity forgets father and mother. Sp.
14. Prosperity gains friends, and adversity tries
them. Pacuvius,
15. Prosperity gives some appearance of higher
sentiments, even to persons of mean spirit.
Plutarch.
16. Prosperity is a ray of the sun that the least
shadow can interrupt ; adversity is sometimes like
the refreshing rain of Spring. Chinese.
17. Prosperity is a stronger trial of virtue than
adversity. Rochefoucauld,
18. Prosperity is like a tender mother but blind
who spoils her children.
19. Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes,
and adversity is not without comfort and hopes. South,
20. Prosperity is the nurse of anger. Latin,
21. Prosperity is the worst enemy men usually
have.
22. Prosperity lets go the bridle.
23. Prosperity is the thing in the world we ought
f to trust least.
24. Prosperity tries the human heart with the
deepest probe and brings forth the hidden character.
25. Prosperity's right hand is industry and her
left hand is frugality.
26. Prosperous men sacrifice not; they forget God.
27. Prosperous men seldom mend their faults.
28. The prosperous man cannot easily form a right
idea of misery.
29. The prosperous man does not know
whether he is loved.
30. They must be strong legs that can support
prosperous days. Ger.
31. When prosperity smiles, beware of its guiles.
Dutch.
32. When prosperity was mounted, she let go the
bridle and soon came tumbling out of the saddle.
Franklin.
RICH
1. A little house well filled, a little land well
tilled, and a little wife well willed are great riches.
2. A man that keeps riches and enjoys them not,
is like an ass that carries gold and eats thistles.
3. A rich child often sits in a poor mother's lap.
4. A rich man's foolish sayings pass for wise
ones. Sp.
5. A rich man is either a rogue or a rogue's heir.
Latin.
6. A rich man is never ugly in the eyes of a
girl. Fr.
7. A rich man knows not his friends. Ger.
8. A rich man without understanding is a sheep
with golden wool Ger.
9. A rich mouthful, a heavy groan.
10. All ask if a man be rich, none if he be good.
Latin.
11. All strive to give to the rich man.
12. And his best riches, ignorance of wealth.
Goldsmith.
13. At the door of the rich are many friends, at
the door of the poor none. Hebrew.
14. Before the rich man is willing to give, the
poor man dies. Turk.
15. Better rich in God than rich in gold.
16. Every one is kin to the rich man.
17. For one rich man that is content there are a
hundred who are not.
18. Give me neither poverty or riches. Bible.
19. God help the poor, for the rich can help them-
selves.
20. God help the poor, the rich help themselves. Ger.
21. God help the poor, the rich can beg.
22. God sends us some wheat of our own when the
rich men go to dinner.
23. God sends us of our own when rich men go to
dinner.
24. He alone is rich who makes a proper use of
his riches. Horace.
25. He has riches enough who need neither borrow nor flatter.
26. He is not fit for riches who is afraid to ask for
them.
27. He is not rich who is not satisfied. Ger.
28. He is rich enough who does not want. Ital.
29. He is rich enough who has true friends. Ger.
30. He is rich enough who owes nothing.
Ger, Fr,, Ital.
31. He is rich that is satisfied.
32. He is richest who is content with least, for
content is the wealth of a nation.
33. He is truly rich who desires nothing and he
is truly poor who covets all.
34. He that is poor all his kindred scorn him ; he
that is rich all are kin to him.
35. He that maketh haste to be rich, shall not be
innocent. Proverbs.
36. He that never fails never grows rich. Ital.
37. He that oppresses the poor to increase his
riches and he that giveth to the rich shall surely
come to want. Bible.
38. He who despises small things seldom grows
rich. Dan.
39. He who has good health is young and he is
rich who has no debts.
40. He who hastens to be rich incurs peril.
Chinese.
41. He who is rich can have no vice, and he that
poor no virtue. Fielding,
42. He who wants to be rich in a year comes to
the gallows in half a year. Ital. Sp.
43. I never knew a silent rich man. Fr.
44 I would rather be a hog t)i8n an ignorant
rich man.
45. If rich be not elated, if poor be not dejected,
Socrates.
46. If riches were granted even beggars would
become rich. M. Greek.
47. Is it not sheer madness to live poor to die
rich? Juvenal,
48. It is a miserable sight to see a poor man
proud and a rich man avaricious. Ital.
49. It is better to be poor and well, than rich and
ill. African.
50. It is better to be poor with honor than rich
with shame. Ger.
51. It is not without a purpose when a rich man
greets a poor man with kindness. Plautus,
52. It would make a man scratch where he doth
not itch to see a man live poor to die rich.
53. Men often seem rich to become rich. Maga.
54. Moderate riches will carry you, if you have
more you must carry them.
55. Once poor, my friend, still poor you must re-
Main. The rich alone have all the means of gain.
Martial.
56. No good man ever becomes suddenly rich.
Syrus.
57. No man is so rich as to say, "I have enough."
Latin,
58. Not possession but use is the only riches.
59. Rich for yourself, poor for your friend.
60. Rich in gold, rich in care. Ger.
61. Rich men and fortunate men have need of
much prudence.
62. Rich men are slaves condemned to the
mines.
63, Rich men feel misfortunes that pass over
poor men's heads.
64. Rich men have no faults.
65. Rich men seem happy, great and wise, all
which the good man only is.
66. Rich men's spots are covered with money.
67. Rich people are everywhere at home. Ger.
68. Riches abuse them who know not how to use
them.
69. Riches and cares are inseparable.
(Fable of the mouse and the weasel)
70. Riches and favor go before wisdom and art.
Dan.
71. Riches and virtue do not often keep each
other company.
72. Riches are always restless; it is only to poverty the gods give content. Maga.
73. Riches are as precious as life. Turk.
74. Riches are but the baggage of fortune.
75. Riches are but the baggage of virtue.
76. Riches are first to be sought for, after wealth
virtue.
77. Riches are like muck which stink in a heap
but spread abroad make the earth fruitful.
78. Riches are often abused but never refused.
Dan.
79. Riches breed care, poverty is sate. Dan.
80. Riches cause arrogance, poverty meekness.
Ger.
81. Riches come better after poverty than poverty after riches. Chinese.
82. Riches endless is as poor as winter,
To him that ever fears he shall be poor.
Shaks.
83. Riches fall not always to the lot of the most
deserving. Latin.
84. Riches have made more men covetous, than
covetousness hath made men rich.
85. Riches have their embarrassments. Fr.
86. Riches have wings.
87. Riches make men worse in their latter days.
88. Riches never come even by chance to him
whose destiny it is to be poor. Chinese.
89. Riches only adorn- the house, but virtue
adorns the person. Chinese.
90. Riches only give us meat, fire and clothes.
Pope.
91. Riches rule the roast.
92. Riches serve a wise man but command a fool.
93. Riches take peace from the soul but rarely if
ever confer it. Petrarch.
94. Riches well got and well used are a blessing.
95. Riches will bear out folly. Latin.
96. Riches without understanding, a body without
a soul. Ger.
97. That man is rich who hath a sufficiency and
desires no more.
98. The abuse of riches is worse than the want
of them.
99. The foolish sayings of the rich man pass for
laws in society. Don Quixote.
100. The rich and ignorant are sheep with golden
wool. Ital.
101. The rich are trustees under God for the
poor.
102. The rich can only eat with one mouth. Ger,
103. The rich devour the poor, and the devil de-
vours the rich and so both are devoured. Dutch.
104. The rich have many friends. Dutch.
105. The rich man does not know who is his
friend.
106. The rich man has more relations than he
knows. Fr.
107. The rich man is often poorer than the beg-
gar. Ger.
108. The rich need not beg a welcome.
109. The rich never want for kindred.
no. The rich ruleth over the poor and the borrower
is servant to the lender, Bible,
111. The richest man carries nothing away with
him but his shroud. Fr,
112. The richest man whatever his lot,
Is he who's content with what he has got,
Dutch.
113. The ways to enrich are many and most of
them foul for you. Terence.
114. The whole world is the house of the rich and
they may live in whatever apartment they please.
Fielding,
115. There are none so poor they cannot help, and
none so rich as not to need help. Ger,
116. There be as many nurseries beyond riches as
on this side them.
117. There is no one so rich that he does not still
want something. Ger.
118. There is no revenging yourself on a rich man.
Don Quixote,
119. 'Tis brave scrambling at the rich man's dole.
120. To be rich one must have a relation at home
with the devil. Ital.
121. To become rich in this world it needs only to
turn one's back on God. Ital.
122. To whom can riches give repute or trust,
Content, or pleasure, but the good and just ?
Pope,
123. We heap up riches as if we should live always. Fr,
124. What need a rich man be a thief?
125. When riches increase, the body decreaseth.
126. Who is healthy and free is rich. Ger.
127. Who will become rich must cast his soul be-
hind the money chest. Ger.
128. Who will become rich must have great care
and little conscience. Ger,
129. Who will become rich must rise at four; who
is rich may lie till seven. Ger,
130. Who would be rich in a year gets hanged in
half a year. Sp.
131. Who would be rich must keep his soul under
cover of his cash box. Ger,
SPENDING, SPENDTHRIFTS.
1. To a good spender God is treasurer.
2. He that spends more than he is worth, spins
a rope for his own neck.
3. He that spends without regard shall want
without pity.
4. Spend and be free, but make no waste.
5. Spend and God will send.
6. Spending money with many a guest
Empties the kitchen, the cellar and chest. Sp.
7. Spend not when you may save, spare not
when you must spend.
8. Spend one penny less than the dear gain* Fr,
9. Spendthrifts are always of necessity greedy
and covetous.
10. Through not spending enough we spend too
much. Sp,
11. To spend much and gain little is the sure
road to ruin. Ger.
12. Who more than he is worth doth spend.
Ever makes a rope his life to end.
13. Who spends before he thrives
Will beg before he dies.
Wealth.
1. A great estate is not gotten in a few hours. Fr.
2. A great fortune in the hands of a fool is a
great misfortune.
3. A great fortune is a great slavery.
4. A man has no more goods than he gets good
by.
5. A man of wealth is a slave to his possessions.
Tamil.
6. A man's wealth is his enemy.
7. A wealthy man errs with impunity. Latin,
8. Among men some have their virtue concealed
by wealth, and some their vices by poverty.
9. Command your wealth, else that will command you.
10. Devotion and wealth are seldom united. Ger,
11. Fathers their children and themselves abuse,
That wealth, a husband, for their daughters
choose. Fielding.
12. Great wealth and content seldom live together.
13. Great wealth, great care. Dutch.
14. Great wealth makes us neither more wise nor
more healthy.
15. I wot well how the world wags; he is most
loved who has most bags.
16. If you would be wealthy, think of saving as
well as of getting. Franklin.
17. Ill fares the land to hastening ills a prey,
Where wealth accumulates and men decay.
Goldsmith.
18. Of lawful wealth the devil takes the half ; of
unlawful the whole and the owner too. Turk.
19. One man's wealth is often many men's ruin. Maga.
20. Real wealth consists not in having but in not
wanting.
21. Talent and poverty, wealth and stupidity,
usually dwell together. Latin.
22. The greatest wealth is contentment with a
little.
23. The loss of wealth is loss of dirt,
All sages in all times assert.
The happiest man's without a shirt.
John Haywood.
24. The lust of wealth can never bear delay.
Juvenal.
25. The secret of wealth lies in the letters
Save.
26. The truest wealth is that of the understanding.
27. The wealth of the mind is the only true wealth.
28. Wealth and content do not always live
together.
29. Wealth and honors can never cure a wounded
conscience.
30. Wealth breeds a pleurisy, ambition a fever,
liberty a vertigo, and poverty is a dead palsy.
31. Wealth conquered Rome after Rome had
conquered the world. Petrarch.
32. Wealth is best known by want.
33. Wealth is liberty and liberty is a blessing
fittest for a philosopher. Swift.
34. Wealth is not his who makes it but his who
enjoys it. Ital.
35. Wealth is stepmother to virtue. Ger,
36. Wealth is timid.
37. Wealth like an index reveals the character of
men. Latin,
38. Wealth like rheum falls upon the weakest
parts.
39. Wealth maketh many friends. Bible.
40. Wealth maketh worship.
41. When wealthy, show thy wisdom not to be
To wealth a servant, but make wealth serve
thee. Denham,
42. Where there is wealth friends abound.
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