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 WEALTH WEALTH A little house well fill'd, a little land well till'd, and a little wife well will'd, are great riches. Written in a copy of the Grete Herbal. (1516)

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = We are not here to sell a parcel of boilers and vats, but the potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice. Samuel Johnson. Remark on the sale of Thrale's Brewery, 1781. | seealso = (See also {{sc|Moore) Poor worms, they hiss at me, whilst I at home Can be contented to applaud myself, * * * with joy To see how plump my bags are and my barns. Ben Jonson—Every Man Out of His Humour. Act I. Sc. 1. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = | page = 865 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Private credit is wealth, public honour is security. The feather that adorns the royal bird supports his flight; strip him of his plumage, and you fix him to the earth. Junius—Le«er 42. Jan. 3Q, 1771. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = | page = 865 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = 15 | text = Rarus enim ferine sensus communis in ilia Fortuna. Common sense among men of fortune is rare. Juvenal—Satires. VIII. 73. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = | page = 865 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Dives fieri qui vult Et cito vult fieri. He who wishes to become rich wishes to become so immediately. Juvenal—Satires. XIV. 176. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = | page = 865 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Facile est momento quo quis velit, cedere possessione magnse fortune; facere et parare earn, difficile atque arduum est. It is easy at any moment to resign the possession of a great fortune; to acquire it is difficult and arduous. LrvY—Annates. XXIV. 22. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = | page = 865 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = The rich man's son inherits cares; The bank may break, the factory burn, A breath may burst his bubble shares, And soft, white hands could hardly earn A living that would serve his turn. | author = Lowell | work = The Heritage. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = | page = 865 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Our Lord commonly giveth Riches to such gross asses, to whom he affordeth nothing else that is good. Luther—Colloquies. P. 90. (Ed. 1652) | seealso = (See also {{sc|Steele, Swift}}) | topic = | page = 865 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Infinite riches in a little room. Marlowe—The Jew of Malta. Act I. Sc. 1. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = | page = 865 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = You often ask me, Priscus, what sort of person I should be, if I were to become suddenly rich and powerful. Who can determine what would be his future conduct? Tell me, if you were to become a lion, what sort of a lion would you be? Mahtiaij—Epigrams. Bk. XII. Ep. 92. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = | page = 865 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Those whom we strive to benefit Dear to our hearts soon grow to be; I love my Rich, and I admit That they are very good to me. Succor the poor, my sisters,—I While heaven shall still vouchsafe me health Will strive to share and mollify The trials of abounding wealth. Edward Sandpord Martin—A Little Brother of the Rich. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = | page = 865 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = The little sister of the Poor The Poor, and their concerns, she has