Some people will insult your intelligence by suddenly being nice or nicer to you once you make it … or they think you have.

Life punishes those who have things in abundance by making them worry about petty things like: what to wear, or, which car to drive.

Many of those who have the most make only the least of what they have.

The degree of our happiness is not determined by (what we regard as) the source of our happiness.

It is quite simple to earn most people’s respect. All you have to do is convince a bank to loan you money to buy a BMW or the like.

Some people are blessed with a well-paid job, but are cursed with an irresistible urge to give others the impression that they are well paid, through things such as their clothes, car, and place of residence.

We sometimes tell someone that they can’t throw money at everything, after we have caught (or got), or while we are catching (or getting), the money (or thing they have bought).

Some people are way less tortured by poverty than some are tormented by wealth.

Some things are good for our image but bad for our pockets.