WEALTH WEALTH
A little house well fill'd, a little land well till'd, and a little wife well will'd, are great riches. Written in a copy of the Grete Herbal. (1516)
A little farm well tilled,
A little barn well filled,
A little wife well willed—
Give me, give me.
As adapted by Jambs Hook in The Soldier's Return.
Dame Nature gave him comeliness and health,
And Fortune (for a passport) gave him wealth.
W. Harte—Eulogivs. 411.
For wealth, without contentment, climbs a hill,
To feel those tempests which fly over ditches.
| author = Herbert
| work = The Church Porch. St. 19.
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.
Holmes—A Mortal Antipathy. Introduction.
Base wealth preferring to eternal praise.
Homer—Iliad. Bk. XXIII. L. 368
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These riches are possess'd, but not enjoy'd!
Homer—Odyssey. Bk. IV. L. 118
| note = Pope's trans.
Know from the bounteous heavens all riches flow ;
And what man gives, the gods by man bestow.
Homer—Odyssey. Bk. XVIII. L. 26
| note = Pope's trans.
Imperat aut servit collecta pecunia cuique.
Riches either serve or govern the possessor.
Horace—Epistles. 1. 10. 47.
Omnis enim res,
Virtus, fama, decus, divina, humanaque pulchris
Divitiis parent.
For everything divine and human, virtue,
fame, and honor, now obey the alluring influence of riches.
Horace—Satires. II. 3. 94.
Et genus et virtus, nisi cum re, vilior alga est.
Noble descent and worth, unless united
with wealth, are esteemed no more than seaweed.
Horace—Satires. II. 5. 8.
And you prate of the wealth of nations, as if it
were bought and sold,
The wealth of nations is men, not silk and cotton and gold.
Richard Hovey—Peace.
We are not here to sell a parcel of boilers and
vats, but the potentiality of growing rich beyond
the dreams of avarice.
Samuel Johnson. Remark on the sale of
Thrale's Brewery, 1781.
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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.
Ben Jonson—Every Man Out of His Humour.
Act I. Sc. 1.
Private credit is wealth, public honour is security. The feather that adorns the royal bird
supports his flight; strip him of his plumage,
and you fix him to the earth.
Junius—Le«er 42. Jan. 3Q, 1771.
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| text = Rarus enim ferine sensus communis in ilia
Fortuna.
Common sense among men of fortune is rare.
Juvenal—Satires. VIII. 73.
Dives fieri qui vult
Et cito vult fieri.
He who wishes to become rich wishes to
become so immediately.
Juvenal—Satires. XIV. 176.
Facile est momento quo quis velit, cedere
possessione magnse fortune; facere et parare
earn, difficile atque arduum est.
It is easy at any moment to resign the possession of a great fortune; to acquire it is difficult and arduous.
LrvY—Annates. XXIV. 22.
The rich man's son inherits cares;
The bank may break, the factory burn,
A breath may burst his bubble shares,
And soft, white hands could hardly earn
A living that would serve his turn.
| author = Lowell
| work = The Heritage.
Our Lord commonly giveth Riches to such
gross asses, to whom he affordeth nothing else
that is good.
Luther—Colloquies. P. 90. (Ed. 1652)
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| text = <poem>Infinite riches in a little room.
Marlowe—The Jew of Malta. Act I. Sc. 1.
You often ask me, Priscus, what sort of person I should be, if I were to become suddenly
rich and powerful. Who can determine what
would be his future conduct? Tell me, if you
were to become a lion, what sort of a lion would
you be?
Mahtiaij—Epigrams. Bk. XII. Ep. 92.
Those whom we strive to benefit
Dear to our hearts soon grow to be;
I love my Rich, and I admit
That they are very good to me.
Succor the poor, my sisters,—I
While heaven shall still vouchsafe me health
Will strive to share and mollify
The trials of abounding wealth.
Edward Sandpord Martin—A Little Brother
of the Rich.
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The Poor, and their concerns, she has
