Materialism

“All our discontents about what we want appeared to me to spring from the want of thankfulness for what we have.”

“Je suis gâté pourri.”

“Ambition and avarice are the leading springs which generally actuate the restless mind.”

“If you get greedy you have to continue to be greedier and greedier to be happy—it never ends.”

“We wszystkich, bo na wszystkie mnie stać.”

“Though you made me a present of all Moscow, I would not stay.”

“There is no Wealth but Life.”

“I've been poor and I've been rich, and I can tell you that rich is better.”

“I’m winning even if I have zero pence in my bank account, because my mind’s free.”

“From birth to age eighteen, a girl needs good parents. From eighteen to thirty-five, she needs good looks. From thirty-five to fifty-five, she needs a good personality. From fifty-five on, she needs good cash.”

“But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators, has succeeded.”

“Не можна торгувати душею. Не можна її продавати і зраджувати.”

“El dinero tiene que ser un medio y no un fin.”

“A millionaire in the experience of life.”

“Dẫu có bạc vàng trăm vạn lạng / Không bằng kinh sử một vài pho”