An expensive coffin does not decrease the deceased’s chances of going to hell.

Most poor people do not really aspire to end poverty; they merely aspire to escape it.

Getting through life without a lot of money, possessions, and/or friends is admirable, especially if it is by choice.

The second most dangerous thing about money is that it leaves most of the people who have a lot of it with the unshakable belief that they are intelligent and well informed. The most dangerous thing about it is that it leaves most of the people who do not have a lot of money with the very same belief.

Most of the very few people who would choose a good heart over riches would eventually use that to either make a lot of money, or attract men or women who are rich.

Wealth seldom fails to breed the fear of poverty.

Whether it is big or small, the size of a poor man’s yard incessantly reminds him that he is poor.

Many a rich man’s bed is bigger than many a poor woman’s bedroom; his bedroom, her house.