I loathed poverty and I would have liked to put my hands on the party who said that poverty is an honorable estate. It is an indication of inefficiency and nothing more. There is nothing honorable or fine about it.
Who is rich? He that rejoices in his portion.
Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.
Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy.
Poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue; it is hard for an empty bag to stand upright.
We should make the poor uncomfortable and kick them out of poverty.
Prodigality of Time produces Poverty of Mind as well as of Estate.
The best way to help the poor is to make them uncomfortable in their own poverty.
Rarely they rise by virtue's aid who lie plunged in the depth of helpless poverty.
It is unmistakable madness to live in poverty only to die rich.