Seek not proud wealth; but such as thou mayest get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contentedly.—­Bacon.

Conscience and wealth are not always neighbors.—­Massinger.

He that will not permit his wealth to do any good to others while he is living, prevents it from doing any good to himself when he is dead; and by an egotism that is suicidal, and has a double edge, cuts himself off from the truest pleasure here, and the highest happiness hereafter.—­Colton.

It is far more easy to acquire a fortune like a knave than to expend it like a gentleman.—­Colton.

The pulpit and the press have many commonplaces denouncing the thirst for wealth, but if men should take these moralists at their word, and leave off aiming to be rich, the moralists would rush to rekindle at all hazards this love of power in the people, lest civilization should be undone.—­Emerson.

Wealth is not acquired, as many persons suppose, by fortunate speculations and splendid enterprises, but by the daily practice of industry, frugality, and economy.  He who relies upon these means will rarely be found destitute, and he who relies upon any other will generally become bankrupt.—­Wayland.

There is a burden of care in getting riches, fear in keeping them, temptation in using them, guilt in abusing them, sorrow in losing them, and a burden of account at last to be given up concerning them.—­Matthew Henry.

What does competency in the long run mean?  It means, to all reasonable beings, cleanliness of person, decency of dress, courtesy of manners, opportunities for education, the delights of leisure, and the bliss of giving.—­Whipple.

The way to wealth is as plain as the road to market.  It depends chiefly on two words,—­industry and frugality.—­Franklin.

Wealth brings noble opportunities, and competence is a proper object of pursuit; but wealth, and even competence, may be bought at too high a price.  Wealth itself has no moral attribute.  It is not money, but the love of money, which is the root of all evil.  It is the relation between wealth and the mind and the character of its possessor which is the essential thing.—­Hillard.

Let us not envy some men their accumulated riches; their burden would be too heavy for us; we could not sacrifice, as they do, health, quiet, honor, and conscience, to obtain them:  it is to pay so dear for them, that the bargain is a loss.—­La Bruyere.

It is only when the rich are sick, that they fully feel the impotence of wealth.—­Colton.

To purchase Heaven has gold the power? 
Can gold remove the mortal hour? 
In life can love be bought with gold? 
Are friendship’s pleasures to be sold? 
No—­all that’s worth a wish—­a thought,
Fair virtue gives unbribed, unbought. 
Cease then on trash thy hopes to bind,
Let nobler views engage thy mind. 

                                    —­Dr. Johnson.