Wealth and Poverty

He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.

Lao Tsu, in Wealth and Poverty

Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he is buying.

Fran Lebowitz, in Wealth and Poverty

If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars.

J. Paul Getty, in Success and Failure and Wealth and Poverty

A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain.

Robert Frost, in Wealth and Poverty

In this world, nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Benjamin Franklin, in Life and Death and Wealth and Poverty

Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship.

Benjamin Franklin, in Wealth and Poverty

The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich, as well as the poor, to sleep under the bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.

Anatole France, in Wealth and Poverty

Money is like an arm or leg: use it or lose it.

Henry Ford, in Wealth and Poverty

Anyone who believes exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or an economist.

Kenneth Boulding, in Wealth and Poverty