It is true that wealth won't make a man virtuous, but I notice there isn't anybody who wants to be poor just for the purpose of being good.  Josh Billings quotes Wealth is the ability to fully experience life. Henry David Thoreau quotes There is...an artificial aristocracy founded on wealth and birth, without either virtue or talents.... The artificial aristocracy is a mischievous ingredient in government, and provisions should be made to prevent its ascendancy. Thomas Jefferson quotes I would give all the wealth of the world, and all the deeds of all the heroes, for one true vision. Henry David Thoreau quotes He does not posses wealth that allows it to possess him. Benjamin Franklin quotes If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free. If our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed. Edmund Burke quotes I am not worthy of the wealth I owe, nor dare I say 'tis mine, and yet it is; but, like a timorous thief, most fain would steal what law does vouch mine own. William Shakespeare quotes Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world. T.S. Eliot quotes If I do dream, would all my wealth would wake me! If I do wake, some planet strike me down, that I may slumber in eternal sleep! William Shakespeare quotes Wealth and rank are what people desire, but unless they are obtained in the right way they may not be possessed. Confucius quotes | 
