No one should be rich except those who understand it.
We who didn't inherit political power nor are made to acquire riches like nothing better than that which expands and solidifies the power of the spirit.
Riches amassed in haste will diminish; but those collected by hand and little by little will multiply.
The world is so great and rich, and life so full of variety, that you can never lack occasions for poems.
Giving is the business of the rich.
The rich want good wine, the poor, plenty of wine
For to give is the business of the rich. [Lat., Denn Geben ist Sache des Reichen.]