Quotes
Quotes about Wit
A faithful man shall abound with blessings; but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
Not to be avaricious is money; not to be fond of buying is a revenue; but to be content with our own is the greatest and most certain wealth of all. [Lat., Non esse cupidum, pecunia est; non esse emacem, vectigal est; contentum vero suis rebus esse, maximae sunt, certissimaeque divitiae.]
I am absolutely convinced that no wealth in the world can help humanity forward, even in the hands of the most devoted worker. The example of great and pure individuals is the only thing that can lead us to noble thoughts and deeds. Money only appeals to selfishness and irresistibly invites abuse. Can anyone imagine M anyone imagine Moses, Jesus or Gandhi armed with the money-bags of Carnegie?
If your Riches are yours, why don't you take them with you to t'other world?
For wealth, without contentment, climbs a hill, To feel those tempests which fly over ditches.
It cannot be repeated too often that the safety of great wealth with us lies in obedience to the new version of the Old World axiom--Richesse oblige.
Noble descent and worth, unless united with wealth, are esteemed no more than seaweed. [Lat., Et genus et virtus, nisi cum re, vilior alga est.]
Poor worms, they hiss at me, whilst I at home Can be contented to applaud myself, . . . with joy To see how plump my bags are and my barns.
Get place and wealth, if possible, with grace; If not, by any means get wealth and place.
If thou art rich, thou'rt poor, For, like an ass whose back with ingots bows, Thou bear'st thy heavy riches but a journey, And death unloads thee.
Worldly riches are like nuts; many a tooth is broken in cracking them, but never is the stomach filled with eating them.
Whether you wind up with a nest egg or a goose egg depends on the kind of chick you married
Without a rich heart wealth is an ugly beggar.
He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword.
Bride: A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.
The problem with being best man at a wedding is that you never get a chance to prove it.
Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone; For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth, But has trouble enough of its own.
Those who don't know how to weep with their whole heart, don't know how to laugh either.
The truth is, laughter always sounds more perfect than weeping. Laughter flows in a violent riff and is effortlessly melodic. Weeping is often fought, choked, half strangled, or surrendered to with humiliation.
A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It is a scaffolding on which a worker can stand and labor with both hands at sections of time.
Are you drawn forth among a world of men To slay the innocent? What is my offense? Where is the evidence that doth accuse me? What lawful quest have given their verdict up Unto the frowning judge? or who pronounced The bitter sentence of poor Clarence's death Before I be convict by course of law? To threaten me with death is most unlawful: I charge you, as you hope [to have redemption By Christ's dear blood shed for our grievous sins,] That you depart, and lay no hands on me. The deed you undertake is damnable.
God bears with the wicked, but not forever.
It's so easy to be wicked without knowing it, isn't it?
