“No, I have no desire for riches. Honest poverty and a conscience, torpid through virtuous inaction, are more to me than corner lots and praise.” DesirePovertyHonestConsciencePraiseProsperityCornersRichesVirtuousInaction Book:Tales, Speeches, Essays, and Sketches Source: Tales, Speeches, Essays, and Sketches
“I praise her (Fortune) while she lasts; if she shakes her quick wings, I resign what she has given, and take refuge in my own virtue, and seek honest undowered Poverty.” IfsLastsGivenMy OwnPovertyVirtueHonestPraiseWingsFortuneShakesRefuge Author:Horace
“people who pay greater respect to a wealthy villain than to an honest, upright man in poverty, almost deserve to be enslaved; they plainly show that wealth, however it may be acquired, is, in their esteem, to be preferred to virtue.” PeopleMenMayShowsWealthPoorPayPovertyVirtueGreaterHonestHonestyRespectDeserveEsteemAcquireWealthyVillainPreferenceDeservingViewpointsEnslavementCore ValuesVillainyPlainnessUprightnessEstimatingUpright Man Author:John Hancock
“Riches are gotten with pain, kept with care, and lost with grief. The cares of riches lie heavier upon a good man than the inconveniences of an honest poverty.” MenCarePainLyingLostWealthGriefPovertyHonestRichesGood ManInconvenience Author:Roger L'Estrange