Jean de la Bruyere Wealth Quotations

A man is rich whose income is larger than his expenses, and he is poor if his expenses are greater than his income.

It is in vain to ridicule a rich fool, for the laughers will be on his side.

Misers are neither relations, nor friends, nor citizens, nor Christians, nor perhaps even human beings.

We all covet wealth, but not its perils.

Nothing keeps longer than a middling fortune, and nothing melts away sooner than a large one.