Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished; but he that gathereth by labour shall increase. Bible.
Wealth heaped on wealth, nor truth nor safety buys; / The dangers gather as the treasures rise. Johnson.
Wealth imparts a birdlime quality to the possessor, at which the man in his native poverty would have revolted. Burns.
Wealth implies the possession of what is of intrinsic value and of a capacity to use it. Ruskin.
Wealth is a shift. The wise man angles with 25 himself only, and with no meaner bait. Emerson.
Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it. Ben. Franklin.
Wealth is the application of mind to nature; and the art of getting rich consists not in industry, much less in saving, but in a better order, in timeliness, in being at the right spot. Emerson.
Wealth is the conjuror's devil; / Whom when he thinks he hath, the devil hath him. Herbert.
Wealth is the possession of useful articles which we can use, (so that) instead of depending merely on a "have," it is thus seen to depend on a "can." Ruskin.
Wealth leaves us at death; kinsmen at the 30 grave; but virtues of the mind unto the heavens with us we have. Lord Vaux.