"The poor have little; beggars, none; the..." - Quote by Benjamin Franklin

“In short, I conceive that great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them by the false estimates they have made of the value of things, and by their giving too much for their whistles.”

“Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.”

“Oh the wonderful knowledge to be found in the stars. Even the smallest things are written there ... if you had but skill to read.”

“Wars and revolutions and battles are due simply and solely to the body and its desires. All wars are undertaken for the acquisition of wealth; and the reason why we have to acquire wealth is the body, because we are slaves in its service.”

“A poor man who eats too much, as contradistinguished from a gourmand, who is a rich man who ''lives well.''”

“I know that inner wisdom is more precious than wealth. The more you spend it, the more you gain.”

“Having money isn't everything, not having it is.”

“You know I have loved him always. But we are very poor. Who, being loved, is poor? Oh, no one. I hate my riches. They are a burden.”

“I have no taste for either poverty or honest labor, so writing is the only recourse left for me”