Charles Caleb Colton Wealth Quotations

Those that will not permit their wealth to do any good for others. . . cut themselves off from the truest pleasure here and the highest happiness later.

The greatest and most amiable privilege which the rich enjoy over the poor is that which they exercise the least--the privilege of making others happy.

The rich are more envied by those who have a little, than by those who have nothing.

Wealth is a relative thing since those who have little and want less are richer than those who have much but want more.

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

Our wealth is often a snare to ourselves, and always a temptation to others.

If rich, it is easy enough to conceal our wealth; but, if poor, it is not quite so easy to conceal our poverty. We shall find that it is less difficult to hide a thousand guineas, than one hole in our coat.

The three great apostles of practical atheism, that make converts without persecuting, and retain them without preaching, are wealth, health and power.