Quotes by Samuel Johnson about Wealth

Samuel Johnson English author

A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favour cannot satisfy him.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about wealth

Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call her own.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about wealth

All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about wealth

Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which cannot apply will make no man wise.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about wealth

Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about wealth

He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about wealth

It is better to live rich than to die rich.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about wealth

It is generally agreed, that few men are made better by affluence or exaltation.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about wealth

Let me smile with the wise, and feed with the rich.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about wealth

The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about wealth

Without frugality none can be rich, and with it very few would be poor.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about wealth