Money & Business Sayings

I will make Babylon the capital of my empire.

I consider the welfare of all to be my duty, and the root of this is exertion and the prompt dispatch of business.

I will not weep for my misfortunes.

To be poor without murmuring is difficult; to be rich without being proud is easy.

You will find me in the marketplace, looking for a man.

The only true commonwealth is as wide as the universe.

The only way to be rich is to despise riches.

It is not poverty that makes a man miserable, but covetousness.

If you want to be rich, do not add to your possessions but subtract from your desires.

Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.

Remember that you are an actor in a play, and the play is just as the author wishes it to be. If he wants it to be short, it is short; if long, it is long. If he wants you to play a beggar, play him capably; if a lame man, or a ruler, or a private ci…

The greatest wealth is contentment with a little.

The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool.

The wise man is able to live well even in poverty.

If you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not give him more money; diminish his desires.

The acquisition of riches has been for many men not an end, but a change, of troubles.

The wise man is but little favored by fortune, but his reason procures him the greatest and most valuable goods.

It is health that is the real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.

The greatest wealth is health.

It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom.