The Greatest Wealth Is A Poverty Of Desires

Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.

The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired

Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth, is unhappy, though he be master of the world.

A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.

He who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich

In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.